802.11n on Aluminium iMac

[Saturnine]

Hello.

I just bought a Belkin 802.11n Vision wireless router. Network Utility is showing my iMac as connected to the network at 54Mb/s which suggests it's connecting over 802.11g. Is there any way to 'force' OSX (10.5) to connect using 802.11n or work out why it isn't?

Garry

 

[Eidorian]

Are you sure the router is running in an 802.11n mode?

 

[TEG]

More than likely your router needs a firmware update. If the versions of n are incompatible, they will connect at the next connection they can agree on.

TEG

 

[Saturnine]

Yep, the router is definitely running in 802.11n mode. The only option is 802.11b/g/n or "Off." The firmware is up to date as the router has only just been released

It seems possible that the two draft n standards the equipment is using aren't compatible, but I'm fairly surprised.

Is there anything else I can try?

 

[TEG]

Check your Airport settings in the Network Preference Pane, there may be something you can check in there.

TEG

 

[Eidorian]

Network Utility will report 130 Mb/s in 802.11n mode. I noticed that you're in Ireland as well. I know that the US (FCC) has slightly different wireless specifications when compared to other nations.

I had a Belkin 802.11n router here in the US but sadly I didn't check to see if it was working in 'n' mode.

 

[Saturnine]

I'm actually back in the UK now - just never got around to changing that.

Anyway, for the record, a combination of Apple's AirPort update and a minor firmware upgrade on the router (.08 to .11) seems to have done the trick. I'm now seeing 802.11n