Windows - Force Wi-Fi to N mode

Posted by Frederick Marcoux on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Frederick Marcoux
Published on 2012-11-06T22:36:53Z Indexed on 2012/11/06 23:05 UTC
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I bought a month ago the D-Link DWA-160 Xtreme N Dual Band USB Adapter and I wonder about the speed. I have a 60Mbps but the speed is never above 300Kbps when I browse Internet or download something. Even from Microsoft or Apple (the fastest server I found). Now on Windows 8, we can see the Wi-Fi stats in Task Manager, there they are:

Wi-Fi

Notice the red rectangle. The signal is 3/5 and I'm about 5 meters far from my router. An Apple Time-Capsule. Also, the connection type is 802.11g, I want N.

I made this config in my Device Properties:

Wi-Fi Config

Does anyone figured out to force the 802.11n in Windows? (Windows 8 preferably)

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