I have two laptops with 802.11n-capable wireless adapters (Intel WiFi Link 5100 AGN and Atheros AR9285) in them. However, I can't find a way to connect them at a speed higher than 54 Mbps. The methods of connection I've already tried are:
1) an ad hoc connection;
2) Windows 7 Wireless Hosted Network (netsh wlan start hostednetwork);
3) Connectify software;
4) Intel My WiFi software.
In all cases I used WPA2 security. The network is recognized as 802.11n, but the speed is always 54 Mbps only. What can be preventing the connection from using higher speeds? Both laptops run Windows 7 Ultimate.
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Virtual Router should do what you want!
Personally, I would most likely use ICS, that being said, obviously this actually requires infrastructure or an ad-hoc network. Using this program allows you to create a virtual router.
Try Connectify which is a third-party solution, you should be able to come around with the Lite features.
Transform your Windows laptop into a Wi-Fi hotspot at the click of a button so you can share a single Internet connection with your friends, co-workers, and mobile devices.
Otherwise, try to see if you can use netsh to set up an ad-hoc network.
To start simply use this commands
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=LocalAdHoc key=password netsh wlan start hostednetworkAnd to stop it
netsh wlan stop hostednetwork
Best Answer
Finally figured it out. The problem was caused by the Atheros AR9285 adapter - its 802.11n capability was locked, and after using the Atheros EEPROM Tool to unlock it, the connection speed increased to 65 Mbps. The AR9285 can run at 150 Mbps on a 40 Mhz channel though, so if anybody knows how to make a Wireless Hosted Network / software AP use a wide channel, please reply.