Intel centrino wireless N-2230 having slow connection speeds


  1. Posts : 20
    windows 7 home premium 64bit
       #1

    Intel centrino wireless N-2230 having slow connection speeds


    i have an HP pavilion m6-1045dx laptop with the specs:
    intel i5-3210M processor
    8gb ram
    windows 7 64bit OS

    obviously, i have an intel centrino wirless N-2230 as the wireless NIC. a few days ago my hard drive failed and needed repair, i managed to replace the hard drive but came a long this problem. whenever i would play my PC game (league of legends), my ping would register at 800-2200 pms i need help.

    note: the wirless NIC worked perfectly fine with prior to the hard drive crash other than dropping the network when there's too much users on the router.
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  2. Posts : 562
    Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1
       #2

    If your router is dropping network when there's too much users, it might be overheating or overloaded and that your Wireless NIC might not be the problem at all. Playing 3D games that require online multiplayer is very demanding for a router that is not "high performance" capable. It might be the case where the router is overloaded when someone is playing an online multiplayer 3D game while others are streaming HD or using a Skype call VOIP all at the same time. You can try unplugging your router for 30 seconds and plugging it back in and see if ping spikes are gone.
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  3. Posts : 20
    windows 7 home premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    yeah but before the HDD failure it was working fine so im wondering if the wireless NIC is faulty or it has something to do with the wireless driver because ive uninstalled and reinstalled the driver several times i even replaced it with a different wireless card of the same model
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  4. Posts : 562
    Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1
       #4

    Let's see your WiFi driver by opening command prompt as administrator and typing netsh wlan show driver

    It should look something like this below:
    Code:
    Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
    Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
     C:\Windows\system32>netsh wlan show driver
     Interface name: Wireless Network Connection
         Driver                    : Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-N 7260
        Vendor                    : Intel Corporation
        Provider                  : Intel
        Date                      : 8/29/2013
        Version                   : 16.1.5.2
        INF file                  : C:\Windows\INF\oem44.inf
        Files                     : 3 total
                                    C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\NETwsw02.sys
                                    C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\Netwfw02.dat
                                    C:\Windows\system32\drivers\vwifibus.sys
        Type                      : Native Wi-Fi Driver
        Radio types supported     : 802.11b 802.11g 802.11n 802.11a
        FIPS 140-2 mode supported : Yes
        Hosted network supported  : Yes
        Authentication and cipher supported in infrastructure mode:
                                    Open            None
                                    Open            WEP-40bit
                                    Open            WEP-104bit
                                    Open            WEP
                                    Shared          WEP-40bit
                                    Shared          WEP-104bit
                                    Shared          WEP
                                    WPA-Enterprise  TKIP
                                    WPA-Enterprise  CCMP
                                    WPA-Personal    TKIP
                                    WPA-Personal    CCMP
                                    WPA2-Enterprise TKIP
                                    WPA2-Enterprise CCMP
                                    WPA2-Personal   TKIP
                                    WPA2-Personal   CCMP
                                    Open            Vendor defined
        Authentication and cipher supported in ad-hoc mode:
                                    Open            None
                                    Open            WEP-40bit
                                    Open            WEP-104bit
                                    Open            WEP
                                    Shared          WEP-40bit
                                    Shared          WEP-104bit
                                    Shared          WEP
                                    WPA2-Personal   CCMP
     
    C:\Windows\system32>
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