Help speeding up Atheros AR9485 laptop WIFI, Please.


  1. Posts : 730
    Windows XP Pro SP3, Windows 7 Pro 32-bit, Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit, Windows XP Home SP3
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    Help speeding up Atheros AR9485 laptop WIFI, Please.


    Friends I have a A10-4600m equipped HP M6-1035dx notebook that works really well in some respects.
    The WIFI is the above mentioned Atheros AR9485. its reach is pretty good, on par with the best things I have laying around, but its throughput for some reason is 30%-50% slower than other notebooks, consistently. I don't know why this is.

    if any of you have worked through the settings/drivers/etc on this common device would you pls fill me in?
    thx
    z
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  2. 2xg
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    Hi zapp22,

    When you've mentioned speeding up Atheros device, meaning to make your internet run faster?
    I found the specs for your Wi-Fi device, and it supports N mode. Have you tried changing the mode from your Atheros device from Mixed to 'N' or 'G/N' then see if it makes a difference. You may also fiddle with the wireless mode settings from the router.
    Highly integrated single chip PCI Express solution MAC/baseband processor and 2.4 GHz radio
    Supports up to 150 Mbps Data Rate
    Backward-compatible to 802.11g; forward–compatible to multi-stream 802.11n
    Supports all mandatory IEEE 802.11n features, including several optional features such as HT40, half-guard interval in HT40 and Rx Space Time Block Coding (STBC)
    Compliant with IEEE 802.11b, 802.11d, 802.11e, 802.11g standards and 802.11i specification
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  3. Posts : 730
    Windows XP Pro SP3, Windows 7 Pro 32-bit, Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit, Windows XP Home SP3
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    That's something that is puzzling to me; a lot of the options/settings I expected to see I don't see.
    there is only "ad hoc 'mode'" in the details per se, which I will try as "11n" per your suggestion. my routers are N all the way [150]. see image.

    again, I can set the HP and my little thinkpad side by side and run the same test and get +50% on the thinkpad which uses some Lenovo rebranded half-mini - not sure what the chipset is. ipad mini gets about 30% faster and its not the greatest wifi device going.
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