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O.P. D-Link Wireless card issues
I recently bought a D-Link DWL-G510 Rev C2 wireless card. It's installed in my desktop PC running Vista Ultimate. It has had its ups and downs, so I'll explain...

Installed the card and used the Vista drivers from the D-Link website. Seemed to work fine, but then I noticed my download speed was very slow (normal speed around 400-500kbps, slow speed around 100-150kbps). I fixed this by using the XP drivers on the site.
Everything was running smoothly up until now. The connection keeps dropping even though the signal strength is either very good or excellent. When the network is connected the speed as very bad. I checked on a speed test and the speed was similar to 28.8k dial-up (:|). Also, if Vista sees the network it will try and connect but then fail saying "it has failed due to an unknown reason". Obviously this makes using the internet very difficult.
I tried uninstalling the drivers and installing the Vista ones, but no go. Same thing happens. Try different variations (Rev A, or B drivers as well as XP and Vista ones) and I even tried the RaLink drivers (as they use the same chipset and D-Link just re-brand them)
It is really frustrating. Any ideas?
08-12-2008 10:59 PM
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RE: D-Link Wireless card issues
any new device/moved the router from its original position so that interference might be affecting it?
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any new device/moved the router from its original position so that interference might be affecting it?
Nope. Nothing changed when the problem happened. Could it be the XP driver has messed up the card or something?
08-13-2008 10:39 AM
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RE: D-Link Wireless card issues
an XP driver isn't going to physically mess up the card, but if you have access to other PCs with either Vista or XP, you should try install it on them to see if it's the card's fault, Windows', or the driver's.
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08-13-2008 02:09 PM
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O.P. RE: D-Link Wireless card issues
I tried it in my brothers PC and it seems to be ok.
It seems to connecting better on my PC. No drop outs today. Don't know why. Speed is still slow though.

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08-17-2008 08:57 PM
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perhaps some of your neighbors installed something that works in the same channel, try changing your router's channel to the opposite that it currently has set
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cordless phones also run on the same frequency

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08-18-2008 08:48 AM
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perhaps some of your neighbors installed something that works in the same channel, try changing your router's channel to the opposite that it currently has set
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cordless phones also run on the same frequency
I thought that but my laptop, which sits right next to the desktop has no problems whatsoever.
08-18-2008 11:37 AM
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cordless phones also run on the same frequency

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08-18-2008 01:48 PM
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cordless phones also run on the same frequency
More than that. Bluetooth also works at 2.4GHz, so that could be causing some interference.
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