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2.4 Ghz and 5 Ghz speeds the same
I have a Dell XPS 15 (L502X) laptop. I recently replaced its Intel Centrino N-1000 single-band adapter card with an Intel Centrino Ultimate-n 6300 adapter card, and installed the Intel drivers. I wanted to take advantage of the newer card's 5 Ghz band capability. The replacement went fine, but I see that speed tests are pretty much the same at both bands--at speedtest.net, 30.05 Mbps download and 6.05 Mbps upload at 2.4 Ghz, and 30.03 Mbps download and 6.13 Mbps upload at 5 Ghz. I use a Netgear N900 WNDR-4500 router. I'm using the 5 Ghz band, so shouldn't I get much faster speeds at 5 Ghz? What am I doing wrong? Thanks.