Hello, I know this type of question has been beat to death but I've been looking around and could not find a solution to my problem. I just bought a Netgear N600 Wifi Dual Band USB Adapter because my old usb adapter could not detect the 5g network. I have it connected to my PC and it is running at about 6-7Mbps download. The weird thing is, my laptop (macbook pro) is in the same room as the pc and connected to the same network but it is running at 70mbps. So far, the only answer I've seen that might help is that USB adapters are just no good and that I should just throw this away and get a pci card. Is there anything else I can try before I go this route? I have ASrock extreme 4 mobo and running Windwos 7 ultimate sp1 x64 Thanks.

1. Netgear N600 Dual Band Adapter

What drivers are you using? The ones windows installed or the netgear drivers? I had a similar prob here (I'm using Tplink usb adapters). I couldnt connect to the 5ghz channel either. Because it didnt appear in the connections that came up.

BUT, after I updated the drivers (thru device manager) with the Tplink drivers off the site. Thats what fixed it The drivers Win 8.1 installed only brought up the 2.4 ghz connection to connect to Nothing wrong with USB adapters. I'm using 3 WDN3200's no prob at all. All are connected to 5 ghz at the mo.

You have to extract the file you downloaded and go to the device in device manager. Driver tab / update driver / browse my computer / let me pick / Have disk. Then point it to the inf file in the file you extracted If it's compatible it'll let you install it And is the N600 modem / whatever you using up to date with its firmware? The speed may also depend on how far you are from the modem as well. Because 5 ghz has a shorter range than 2.4, if you're too far away from it. You may get a weak signal.

Looks like your adapters and the modem are dual band, but I have a feeling the settings are wrong in the modem. Why youre only connecting at 54 mbps. This is wireless G speeds, not wireless N speeds. Thats why it's slow It should show 300 mbps (or somewhere around 300), with wireless N Doesnt sound too popular with some people lol You could try this from the above site (if this is your modem). If all of your devices are wireless N. You'll (probably) need an ethernet cable to get back in). Since you're disabling the wireless As one of the customers said There are definitely issues with this cable modem.

For those who are trying to get the optimal settings from this modem, I have them listed below. I am supposed to get 200 down and 20 up, but was only getting 35 down and 20 up on the wifi. After 4 technicians comming out to my property to try and fix this issue, the optimal settings can be reached by doing the following: 1.

Turn OFF the 5Ghz line, and remove all options for the 5Ghz. Set the router to 'N only'-only if you have 'N' capability on your devices. Enable WMM 4. Enable AP Isolation 5. Turn off the firewall After these setting were changed to the above values, the down speed went from 30 to 80, and the up speed increased from 18 to 22. The problem with these routers is that if you have extreme speeds, you will not, for most people, see download speeds faster than 80 down, which is not what it should be getting.

The acceptable minimum should be at least 100 down and 20 up, on wifi, if you have the 200/20 package. The problem is that ARRIS does not have the proper firmware upgrades yet installed to these cable modems that allow for wifi speeds over 120 down. Your speed will vary, but according to multiple Timewarner techs, these modems 'have issues.' The problem is that Timewarner will not admit the problem, or are hoping that the general population doesn't notice until they can fix the firmware. Either way, I was told that the only way to get the wifi speeds equal to the hardline speeds is to by a separate router and run it hard-lined to the cable modem; and this will give you your 200/20 over wifi.

Anyway, I hope this helps someone. Talk you to later.

Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0846:9011 NetGear, Inc. WNDA3100v2 802.11abgn Broadcom BCM4323 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 004 Device 002: ID 03f0:2003 Hewlett-Packard Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 002: ID 413c:2005 Dell Computer Corp. RT7D50 Keyboard Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub – Jan 2 '15 at 17:19. Your Broadcom USB wireless usually works with ndiswrapper.

Netgear N600 Dual Band Adapter

Please obtain a temporary internet connection by ethernet, tethered or whatever means possible and open a terminal and do: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 Now download the files at post #6 here: Drag and drop the file to your desktop so we can find them. Right-click and select 'Extract Here.' Find out if your system is 32- or 64-bit: arch Now we install the driver files: cd /Desktop/Broadcombcm43xxUSB3264bitv2 If your system is 32-bit (i686), install the 32-bit driver file: sudo ndiswrapper -i bcmn43xx32.inf And if it is a 64-bit (x8664) system: sudo ndiswrapper -i bcmn43xx64.inf In either case: sudo ndiswrapper -ma sudo depmod -a sudo modprobe ndiswrapper Your wireless should now be working.