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I have been using a Cisco dual band WMP600N for a while. Once I updated from Win7 32bit to 64bit performance has been less than ideal IMHO, on 8.0 and 8.1 I knew it was limiting me as lesser laptops would connect at 10Mbps+ faster.
I finally bought the TP-Link TL-WDN4800 and what a difference!
My speeds were at 17 up and 17 down today on the Cisco card, most of the time I peak at 45Mbps/17 down.
After the update to the new card I am hitting 80+Mbps/23-24 down consistently.
The odd thing is with all the antennas directly up (which is how my AP has it's) I don't get the max speeds (30-40Mbps). If I do one out at 30-45 degrees (it's a setting the antenna can do and lock in place) and one at 90 degrees (directly vertical) and then place the middle antenna at an angle between the two I hit max speeds (last test 87Mbps).
The only thing I can think of why is because the backplane of my PC is recessed and with the antennas all vertical they are all sitting in the recess.
Any advice? Also if you are struggling with the older Cisco card under Win 7, 8, 8.1; I'd upgrade...the card was under $40 shipped from Amazon.
I finally bought the TP-Link TL-WDN4800 and what a difference!
My speeds were at 17 up and 17 down today on the Cisco card, most of the time I peak at 45Mbps/17 down.
After the update to the new card I am hitting 80+Mbps/23-24 down consistently.
The odd thing is with all the antennas directly up (which is how my AP has it's) I don't get the max speeds (30-40Mbps). If I do one out at 30-45 degrees (it's a setting the antenna can do and lock in place) and one at 90 degrees (directly vertical) and then place the middle antenna at an angle between the two I hit max speeds (last test 87Mbps).
The only thing I can think of why is because the backplane of my PC is recessed and with the antennas all vertical they are all sitting in the recess.
Any advice? Also if you are struggling with the older Cisco card under Win 7, 8, 8.1; I'd upgrade...the card was under $40 shipped from Amazon.
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