Hi Chris,
Note that the Intel(R) Centrino Wireless-N 1030 is a Single-Band card, where will only connect to a 2.4ghz Network.
If your Netgear DGND3700 Dual-Band router is broadcasting Wireless-N on the 5Ghz spectrum, then the card would not be able to even see the SSID at all, and this explains the behavior you are seen.
We would recommend either contacting Netgear* and see if there's a way to change the router's setting to broadcast Wireless-N on 2.4Ghz spectrum.
Cheers!
Thanks for the clarification. My router supports Wireless Network (2.4GHz b/g/n) upto 145Mbps but I only seem to be getting 54MBps at 2.5Gh/z via the wireless adapter.
Can you confirm what max speeds I should be getting from my wireless adapter?
Chris,
The speeds on the card would vary, depending on the integration from each OEM, however you may want to try the following:
1. Have the most current driver from the OEM manufacturer
2. Set router to 20/40 Auto channel width, mixed n/g
3. Turn on WPA2/AES encryption, not TKIP
4. Enable WMM and QoS on router
See the following URL:
Data rate will not exceed 54 Mbps when WEP or TKIP encryption is configured
http://www.intel.com/support/wireless/wlan/4965agn/sb/cs-025643.htm
Cheers!
Steps 1, 3 and 4 are confirmed.
Not sure if my router supports 20/40 auto channel width. I'll look into it and report back.
