Do you have a 802.11 Draft N router? If not, have you tried disabling the "N" features of the card? Have you tried updating to the latest drivers (8/14/07 version)?
I do not have a "draft-n" router. I didn't really want the Draft-n card, but that is all that was offered at the time. I was told that it would still work with my router. (Linksys 802.11b)
I'm not sure how to disable the N feature. I did update to the 8/14 driver after I wrote the original post. No difference. Actually seemed slower. It only connected at 2Mbps after the driver switch. I quit changing things at that point, as they were only getting worse.
I have the same problem with the 4965 wirelesschip. Was using the dell 1390 card speed was good with that chip. Replaced it with the 4965 speed dropped to around 2meg removed the dell drivers and installed the intel drivers for it. Disabled N and set the wireless to G no change in download speed.
Anyone have any idea why the speed of this chip is slow?
I can't get any connectivity (D630 Notebook in my case) using Intel 4965.
I can connect, but never get DHCP lease etc. XP doesn't even see the device. This is only an issue when the Access Point is 802.11b. I've taken this laptop to various places on Earth and when the AP is 802.11g/n, there is no problem.
This is a huge issue as lots of hotspots still run 802.11b.
I read the entire thread. I run XP, the links supplied were for Vista drivers. I'll try to hunt down an "older" vesion for XP and see if I have any luck.
There is a very recent update (days ago) for the 4965 D630/XP. I'm not holding my breath but it would be nice if driver bugs such as this were fixed in newer updates :smileyhappy:
the first thing i would do is upgrade your router, wirless b is slow-11mb/s... get something like a wrt54gs linksys,,,,, that would be my first stab at solving your problem with slow internet speeds.
I already have a linksys, and build my own AP's using FreeBSD & Linux, all of which are 802.11g (or better).
The point is that all the hotspots on this planet (and possibly other planets) haven't taken your suggestion. Some hotels only have wireless (no RJ45) and that wireless is 802.11b.
Using the latest XP driver I found for my D630, the version is 11.5.0.32. I tested quickly on my 802.11b AP at home and things worked a lot better than in the past. The company doesn't feel like putting me up in a hotel just now to test, so I will not know for sure until my next trip. I'll try to get to a local coffee shop that I had this problem with and see if things now work.
Thanks Volcano for the link to forum.notebookreview.com. That thread helped a lot.
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I have the same problem with the 4965 wirelesschip. Was using the dell 1390 card speed was good with that chip. Replaced it with the 4965 speed dropped to around 2meg removed the dell drivers and installed the intel drivers for it. Disabled N and set the wireless to G no change in download speed.
Anyone have any idea why the speed of this chip is slow?
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I can't get any connectivity (D630 Notebook in my case) using Intel 4965.
I can connect, but never get DHCP lease etc. XP doesn't even see the device. This is only an issue when the Access Point is 802.11b. I've taken this laptop to various places on Earth and when the AP is 802.11g/n, there is no problem.
This is a huge issue as lots of hotspots still run 802.11b.
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See the following thread - particularly the message from Desi suggesting downgrading the drivers to an earlier version:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=216937
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April 2nd, 2008 18:00
I read the entire thread. I run XP, the links supplied were for Vista drivers. I'll try to hunt down an "older" vesion for XP and see if I have any luck.
There is a very recent update (days ago) for the 4965 D630/XP. I'm not holding my breath but it would be nice if driver bugs such as this were fixed in newer updates :smileyhappy:
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Please re-read what I wrote.
I already have a linksys, and build my own AP's using FreeBSD & Linux, all of which are 802.11g (or better).
The point is that all the hotspots on this planet (and possibly other planets) haven't taken your suggestion. Some hotels only have wireless (no RJ45) and that wireless is 802.11b.
Using the latest XP driver I found for my D630, the version is 11.5.0.32. I tested quickly on my 802.11b AP at home and things worked a lot better than in the past. The company doesn't feel like putting me up in a hotel just now to test, so I will not know for sure until my next trip. I'll try to get to a local coffee shop that I had this problem with and see if things now work.
Thanks Volcano for the link to forum.notebookreview.com. That thread helped a lot.