Hello everybody,
I recently upgraded my computer and, in doing so, decided to upgrade from my old Dell wireless card to a new D-Link one. For whatever reason, the D-Link gave me extremely high pings in games and made it basically impossible to play at all. I returned the D-Link card and decided to use the Dell one again, however, though it worked perfectly on my old Windows XP Professional system, I cannot seem to find drivers that will work with Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. I have tried installing the Windows XP drivers from Dell’s support site, however, Windows states that the driver cannot be used because it is not digitally signed. I also tried a work around on another website which enabled Windows 7’s test mode, however, it didn’t work.
The exact device is a Dell Wireless 1450 Dual-band USB Wi-Fi adapter. (802.11 a/b/g). As it is an old device, I didn’t expect to find drivers specifically for Windows 7, however, it seems that I can’t even find a Windows Vista driver that would work. Lastly, I have tried looking up the chipset number to get a manufacturer’s driver, but all I could find was packages for Linux as opposed to Windows.
Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.
Comguy
MSI B75MA-P45 Motherboard
Intel Core i3 3.10GHz
8GB DDR3 1333MHz RAM
SAPPHIRE AMD Radeon 5770
AMD HD Audio
2TB Hitachi HDD (Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit)
LG DVD-RW SATA
I don’t know what “client mode” is, but I suspect it, or the DD-WRT firmware you’re using may be causing your problems. Your game consoles shouldn’t require any special mode settings on the router either in order to connect to the internet.
Read my how-to guide.
It details how to interconnect and configure two routers correctly to work within a single subnet (it also details how to setup for two separate subnets but this does not apply in your situation) and does not require any funky settings. Once you have the routers, and the LAN setup correctly, then you share between clients in the usual fashion. If you’re not sure how, google it. Something like “setting up a shared folder in windows 7” should lead you to plenty of info’s and/or guides.
As to your dell wireless network interface. If it doesn’t have Windows 7 drivers, you won’t get it to work. Or at least, you shouldn’t be able to. If you do, chances are it won’t work right because it doesn’t have the right drivers.
So, back to what I said in my last post. if that dell wireless card doesn’t have windows 7 drivers, buy a new one that does work with windows 7 and your problem will be solved.