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Originally Posted by HalifaxJ  Greetings,
Just recently purchased a custom build i7 920 with Asus P6T MOBO. It runs great, but I completely forgot to include a network adapter for wireless. I went to futureshop and the guy told me to get a USB wireless adapter, so I did - I even paid extra and got the D-link DWA-160 Xtreme N adapter. I use to have an old D-link adapter and worked great.
The room I have both my new computer and old desktop is not very far from our wireless router. In fact, my laptop - which does not have the best wireless card, receives an excellent signal from the router. I've never had a problem. I was sure that a higher end dual band USB adapter would at least receive the same signal.
I install the D-link, and the connection signal is very poor. It keeps disconnecting as soon as I try to download something, and most of the time I can't even connect.
What gives? Are these USB adapters useless or is there something I'm missing here? I'm using Windows 7 64bit, but was told it would not be an issue.
Thanks,
Julien |
First of all, not trying to be a dick here, but welcome to my experience with wireless. I could get my wireless to connect and it would link up with full strength but after an hour it would just drop for no reason. I even got high gain antennas, used DD-WRT to increase power output, and tuned for best S/N ratio. Nothing helped.
I'm not sure of the guidance of the FS employee.... I can't see why a USB adapter would work better than a full size PCI card but hey, wtf......
Windows 7 would be an asset for you, so it's not the problem.
All I can suggest to try is put the machine right near the wireless router and see if you get full signal strength. If you don't, then you've got a problem with either the router or the usb dongle.