[ltp] Intel 5100/5300 failures at 802.11n 5GHz?

[Jason Brooks]

the 5100 is a draft 2 n adapter that supports what you want to do but
a lot of routers do not do mixed mode draft 2 n. Try selecting G only
or N only.

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 8:02 AM, Jesse Sheidlower <jester@panix.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 03:13:30PM +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote:
>> Jesse Sheidlower:
>> >
>> > I have two ThinkPads with Intel WiFi cards, a W500 with the 5100 AGN and
>> > an X301 with the 5300 AGN. I've consistently had problems connecting to
>> > 802.11n on the 5GHz band. I would either not see the SSID for this band,
>> > or I would see it but be unable to connect to it.
>>
>> Do you use 40 MHz channels? I have problems with this using my 5300agn
>> as well.
>
> I've tried using 20 MHz and 40 MHz; neither of them work. I've also
> tried setting channels individually. (Of course, I'd like my computer to
> Just Work with whatever the router is using; I don't always have the
> luxury of access to the router.)
>
> I would have thought this would be a more widely reported issue; I'd
> assume I'm doing something wrong, if it weren't for the fact that I'm
> getting the same thing on both ThinkPads.
>
> Jesse Sheidlower
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