June 29, 2008
June 7, 2008
June 6, 2008
June 4, 2008
Nokia E51 Firmware
Nokia have released new firmware for my phone! YAY!
Now, why does it have to be 72 megs and take 15 minutes to install?!?
June 1, 2008
Ah, the need for speed!
Sometime last year I upgraded my router due to my old one causing me some problems with multiple clients being connected to it.
I replaced my D-link with a Linksys WRT 150N which has been a good router. It was easy to set up and it has been reliable.
Last year when I got my new laptop (ASUS G2S), I noticed it came with a wireless N card (Intel 4965AGN). When I got it all hooked up, I noticed that the card always connected with a maximum speed of 54Mbps which is the maximum speed for a wireless G connection.
I decided I would investigate this a little more and I put the router into Wireless N mode only (it is shipped with a mixed mode of B, G, and N) and then my laptop would not connect at all. This puzzled me so I set it back as it was and did not think about it to much until today.
I just reformatted my laptop and I was having a look around to see if I have the latest drivers for my machine. ASUS has been a bit slack putting updates on their support page so I was looking around a few vendor pages.
I found a nice shiny new update for the Intel wireless card and I download it. While it is installing, I have a look at the release notes. I am always curious to what they "fixed" with the new driver. I came across the following text:
Known Issues
Operating in 802.11n Mode
Intel recommends using security with your wireless network. The Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN adapter can only achieve transfer rates greater than 54 Mbps on 802.11n connections when using AES security, or no security. You should only use no security when setting up or troubleshooting the network.
To enable AES for Personal Security, select WPA-Personal (AES-CCMP) or WPA2-Personal (AES-CCMP) in the Security Settings pulldown menu. To enable AES for Enterprise Security, select AES-CCMP in the Data Encryption pulldown menu.
Being a good boy, I had my router setup in WPA2 mode (the password is custard), and sure enough I had TKIP encryption turned on. I changed that to AES and presto, I am connected to my router at 130 Mbps.
The funny thing about this is that I *very rarely* do PC to PC transfers using the WLAN so I get no real speed increase as my internet speed is closer to 6Mbps.
Ah well!
