Wireless LAN USB Adapter connecting at 11mbps instead of 54mbps or higher

Ok, the title of this post might sound like a question. But i am not asking the question instead i am going to answer it.

Alright, recently i bought Aztech Wireless Router for RM100. It supports speed up to 54mbps. When i put it live, my laptop WLAN can detect it and connect at speed of 54mbps. While i tried to connect it to some desktop PC through Aztech Wireless LAN Adapter (USB). To my supprise that the connection speed is not connected at 11mbps.  But the real speed capability of my WLAN adapter is 54mbps. So, this is the puzzle.

I have heard of this problem since earlier of this month when one of my uncle complained having the same situation as this. Now, i am the one in this situation. I love IT, so what i should do?!? Yes, just GOOGLED it out ! And yea, i found the solution.

It's very simple reason actually. connected the USB adapter to USB port in my desktop PC, but that USB port version is only 1.1 which do not support high speed as USB 2.0. This problem solved easily when i plug the adapter into USB v2 port and able to get connected at 54mbps.

If you don't know which port are USB v1.1 and which are USB v2, then try plugging in the adapter in each and every port that you have until you get connected at 54mbps.

If you still do not get connected at that speed, that means none of your USB ports are version 2.0. You must get USB v2 card and install it to your PC. That is the only option that you have if you are stubborn to get 54mbps speed.

ASP: Response.redirect (stupid function)

Hi all,

Most of ASP programmers should know that response.redirect() works fine and it is our primary option to redirect pages from one to another. But the sad story behind this function is that, it cannot be used after the server published the content to client side.

For example,
If i put

1. response.write "Hi"
   [the content generated in server]
   
   
2. response.write "Hi"
   response.redirect("somewhere.asp?act=action")
   [the content Hi is still generated by server and keep without sending to client side. Then why we write the content 'Hi' if the server do not publish it to client side? but redirects straight to somewhere.asp]
   
   
3. response.write "Hi"
   response.flush
   response.redirect("somewhere.asp?act=action")
   [the content will be published to client side. And followed by error "The HTTP headers are already written to the client browser. Any HTTP header modifications must be made before writing page content." That is right, the header already send to the client and how to redirect now?]
   

After googling, i found alternative function: server.transfer "somewhere.asp?act=action". But if you intent to use this function, you can't post the variables which i wanted to post "act=action".

Alright, here is the fix!

Keep aside the stupid(limited) asp script and get down to highly responsive Javascript. When ASP and Javascript is put together, the magic will happen.

This is not my own idea but the idea was contributed someone in forums when i googled around. So the credit all goes to him.

As we all know,
ASP: response.redirect("somewhere.asp?act=action")
is equal to
Javascript: window.location.href = "somewhere.asp?act=action";

Agree?

If you agree, you found the fix already :)

Now lets write down this in our asp page,

1. response.write "Hi"
   response.flush
   response.write "<script>window.location.href = 'somewhere.asp?act=action';script>"
   

Tadaaaa!

ASP + Javascript = Magic

It is true, the magic happen for my case.

Thats all.

Oh ya, my next post will be about Maxis Broadband (Wireless) which said to be using 3.5G technology (HSDPA). For those who don't know the meaning of HSDPA, here is it, "High-Speed Downlink Packet Access". I will be testing the broadband today evening and implementing it to Aztech Wiress Router tomorrow at my father's office. Excited to surf using 3.5G for the first time.

Have a nice day!