802.11g not available on Belkin F5D7000 PCI card

I have setup a wireless connection from a Laptop with a built-in
connection and a desktop with a F5D7000 card. Both systems use Windows
XP. I can only get 11Mbps, even with an "excellent" signal.

When I configure the card for ad-hoc connections using the belkin
utility, the option for 802.11b or 802.11b/g is greyed out and only
802.11b is available. Is this an unpublished limitation of the Belkin
card?

Am I using the latest driver? The box says it is a F5D7000uk, version
3000uk. The Belkin site does not admit to the uk suffix. It also offers
drivers only for versions 2, 3 or 4. I am using the F5D700_V3.exe
driver.

Dick

 

This is a limit enforced for ad-hoc networking for this particular card, I
believe (some user's claim only to be able to achieve 11Mbps in ad-hoc mode
even with 802.11g enabled, so there may be some logic to this). If you
connect to an 802.11g enabled AP you should be able to utilise this mode.


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