What to do after installing drivers ?

[IRONBATMAN]

Hi ,

I recently bought a TP-Link TL-WDN3800. It has many problems so I installed the latest drivers from the Atheros website. But I'm not sure what to do after installing it.

Pls Help ! Any input appreciated. Connection just drops randomly 🙁

Thanks

 

[Onus]

Hmmm, I've got one of those, and its performance has been outstanding, spotting some wireless nets in my area I didn't know existed.
You might need to make sure the install is "clean;" uninstall the card and all of its drivers, then re-install the card and drivers.
A connection that drops out could as easily be the router. Have you reset the router recently? That may help. Check for sources of interference between the router and your PC, like fluorescent lights, transformers, etc. Re-aligning the antennas or the router and/or your PC may help.

 

[IRONBATMAN]

trying to uninstall the card now

Hope it works

 

[IRONBATMAN]

The connection doesn't drop that much , but I still can't connect to my 5 GHz network. Any ideas ?

 

[Onus]

Check the router, make sure it is broadcasting a SSID (or you know what it is) for that band.

 

[IRONBATMAN]

How do I check ? My Router is the Asus AC66U

 

[Onus]

Read through its manual. It will explain the router configuration options you'll see when you go to the router's home page, typically 192.168.0.0 (but yours may be different; it will be in the manual).

 

[IRONBATMAN]

Thanks for all the help. I will check back when I'm done.

 

[IRONBATMAN]

Wait....

Whenever I try to connect to my 5Ghz network , I would revert back to the 2.4 Ghz one :/ Is it the drivers ? I've heard that I should install the latest ones , but I'm not sure what to do after installing.

 

[Onus]

Are there other devices on your wireless network? The entire network will run at the speed of the slowest device, unless the router is dual-band simultaneous, which is considerably more expensive that a "vanilla" dual-band.

 

[IRONBATMAN]

Ohhhh.......

That answered one of my questions. But I still have the connection drop problem. Maybe I'll try to place my router and modem somewhere else. I still have to share the wifi with my family so I thought the 5GHz network would be empty and would improve the signal strength but am I correct ?

 

[Onus]

Not if the router is only able to use one band at a time. It may be able to use one or the other, but not both at the same time.

 

[IRONBATMAN]

Heh , I just figured out that the problem is that my router is too far away. I moved my router back in my room and everything was smooth. I guess I'm keeping it here. Thanks for the help.