Dma2200 and 5ghz network

[hoff247]

I have 3 extenders wired to my network. Just picked up a dma2200 for cheap and wanted to try connecting wireless with 5ghz channel. I know it's not recommended but it's next door to the room with my router.
It will connect with wireless n signal but will not connect with the 5ghz signal. I read somewhere about lowering setting for 5ghz speed to under 450mbps.
I am using a Asus rt-n66u as my router.
Anybody tried this with any luck?

[Crash2009]

I don't have any hands on experience working with that problem, however, others claim that changing the security from WPA to WEP has resulted in a stable connection.

Others also claim component or composite (but not HDMI) work well with Wifi.

http://community.linksys.com/t5/Game-an ... d-p/187352

[jec6613]

Set the router to dual stream 40 MHz channel bandwidth (300 Mbps peak throughput), with WPA2 and AES-CCMP cipher only, and it should link and work properly.

Any TKIP compatibility or three stream N capability can play up with the simplistic Wi-Fi on the DMA2200, and enabling WEP turns it to 802.11a, not 802.11n. Also, if it's just in the next room ... just run a cable?

[hoff247]

I'll give it a try. Router and 4 port switch all full. I may upgrade to 8 port switch.

[jec6613]

I'll give it a try. Router and 4 port switch all full. I may upgrade to 8 port switch.

I'd go up to 16 or 24, there's not a substantial cost difference for basic Gigabit switches, and then everything can go on the switch and you don't have the bottleneck of the single link into the switch on the router.