https://community.intel.com/t5/Wireless/Advanced-N-6200-AGN-Wireless-throughput-Performance-feedback/m-p/354873#M8164 <P>I recently bought a new laptop which includes the Advanced-N 6200 AGN network card. I'm connecting to an Airport Extreme wireless basestation (wifi router). Performance was poor in comparison to the previous laptop (a Dell Inspiron 1520 with a Broadcom 802.11g card.</P><P></P><P>Using <A href="http://www.speedtest.net/">http://www.speedtest.net/</A> <A href="http://www.speedtest.net/">http://www.speedtest.net/</A> to test upload/download rates, here's what I was seeing:</P><P></P><B>Computer</B><B>Upload Mbps</B>Download Mbps<B>Operating System</B>Mac Desktop26.50.95Mac 10.6.8Dell Inspiron 152022.50.94Win 2008 ServerDell Studio 171.70.5Windows 7 Home Premium<P></P><P>Over at <A href="http://www.intel.com/support/wireless/sb/CS-030709.htm?wapkw=(What+are+the+recommended+settings+for+802.11g+connectivity)">http://www.intel.com/support/wireless/sb/CS-030709.htm?wapkw=(What+are+the+recommended+settings+for+802.11g+connectivity)</A> this page; you recommend using the Intel driver update to ensure the latest driver. I had only done Windows Update, so it is wrong to presume that that alone will bring you to the latest NIC driver. For the driver software version, I was at 13.x, now I'm at 14.2.0.10 (by the way, the update doesn't work in Chrome)</P><P></P><P>Now, I'm getting comensurate speeds:</P><P></P>Computer<B>Upload Mbps</B>Download Mbps<B>Operating System</B>Dell Studio 1720.50.94Windows 7 Home Premium<P>So, while I'd like it to be on par, and there might be tweaks outside of what I performed on the page above I don't know about, but on the whole, that's much better.</P> Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:20:28 GMT idata 2011-11-01T12:20:28Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Wireless/Advanced-N-6200-AGN-Wireless-throughput-Performance-feedback/m-p/354873#M8164 <P>I recently bought a new laptop which includes the Advanced-N 6200 AGN network card. I'm connecting to an Airport Extreme wireless basestation (wifi router). Performance was poor in comparison to the previous laptop (a Dell Inspiron 1520 with a Broadcom 802.11g card.</P><P></P><P>Using <A href="http://www.speedtest.net/">http://www.speedtest.net/</A> <A href="http://www.speedtest.net/">http://www.speedtest.net/</A> to test upload/download rates, here's what I was seeing:</P><P></P><B>Computer</B><B>Upload Mbps</B>Download Mbps<B>Operating System</B>Mac Desktop26.50.95Mac 10.6.8Dell Inspiron 152022.50.94Win 2008 ServerDell Studio 171.70.5Windows 7 Home Premium<P></P><P>Over at <A href="http://www.intel.com/support/wireless/sb/CS-030709.htm?wapkw=(What+are+the+recommended+settings+for+802.11g+connectivity)">http://www.intel.com/support/wireless/sb/CS-030709.htm?wapkw=(What+are+the+recommended+settings+for+802.11g+connectivity)</A> this page; you recommend using the Intel driver update to ensure the latest driver. I had only done Windows Update, so it is wrong to presume that that alone will bring you to the latest NIC driver. For the driver software version, I was at 13.x, now I'm at 14.2.0.10 (by the way, the update doesn't work in Chrome)</P><P></P><P>Now, I'm getting comensurate speeds:</P><P></P>Computer<B>Upload Mbps</B>Download Mbps<B>Operating System</B>Dell Studio 1720.50.94Windows 7 Home Premium<P>So, while I'd like it to be on par, and there might be tweaks outside of what I performed on the page above I don't know about, but on the whole, that's much better.</P> Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:20:28 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Wireless/Advanced-N-6200-AGN-Wireless-throughput-Performance-feedback/m-p/354873#M8164 idata 2011-11-01T12:20:28Z