Hi,
I have been having a lot of issues with my WiFi on my Dell V131 and hope someone can help. I have tried so many combinations of settings (disable n, disable Bluetooth, enable/disable WMM on both wireless card and router the list goes on) etc. to no avail. Details are below:
Network:
25mbps Cable DSL input WAN to Cisco Linksys E3200 (updated Cisco firmware to 1.0.03)
Central server plugged into the Linksys and 2 laptops sharing WiFi (one 10 year old Sony Vaio and my Dell V131)
Speed Tests:
note: the 10 year old Sony is on average twice as fast on WiFi as the V131, which is both surprising and horrifically frustrating.
Internet Speed test at www.speedtest.net
Sony - download 39mbps upload 2mpbs
V131 - download 21mpbs upload 1.7mpbs
LAN Speed test downloading 60mb file from server
Sony - download at 12mbps upload 10mbps
V131 - download at 300kpbs upload fails (I cannot upload files to the server from this computer)
PCI Card Configuration:
Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1030 (Driver = 15.3.50.2 9/27/2012)
Channel Width for 2.4 Band = Auto (I have tried 20mhz only also)
802.11n Mode = Enabled
Ad Hoc Channel 802.11b/g = 11 (I have tried 1, 9 and 11, Sony works brilliantly on 11)
Qos = WMM Disabled (I have tried enabled in the driver as well as on the router)
Bluetooth(R) AMP = Enabled (I have tried disabled)
Fat Channel Intolerant = Disabled
Mixed Mode = CTS-to-self Enabled
Roaming Aggressiveness = Medium
Transmit Power = Highest
Wireless Mode = 802.11b/g (I have tried g only)
Windows Configuration:
This gets fun because I had the issue with Windows 7, I upgraded to Windows 8 with same issue. I thought something may have gone wrong so I reinstalled Windows 8 and still have the same issue.
I have tried homegroup/no homegroup (Server and Sony are not on homegroup)
I have tried changing the encryption from 128 to 56
Signal strength is always full bars, computer is right next to router. Having said this I have disconnected the laptop and changed locations to be where the Sony is and the V131 is embarrassed by the speed the Sony WiFi speed.
Please help, I am close to go through the warranty for this issue as I have no idea how to solve this <-- I am not new to networking or computers either.