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I would like to improve the configuration of my network if it is possible. I do not seem to have any connection problems, I would just like to know if there is a better way of setting it up.

My wireless ISP's gateway (CPE) is located about 400 feet from my house. The cable to the CPE can not ...

It sounds to me like your problems are caused by being in a building with 5-10 access points, each one apparently managed by independent parties.

With several access points operating on the same channel within range of each other, each one of them will cause interference for the others. It also ...

These definitions are helpful when troubleshooting or "tweeking" WI-FI to improve performance and reduce broadcast errors.
-If your wireless manager provides status monitoring

Transmit Statistics

RM Requests Transmitted: The number of radio management (RM) report frames generated and ...

Since Wi-FI networks tend to be susceptible to interference & dead spots. And "Clients" are typically roaming between access points and varying levels of signal strength and quality, the "optimum" values to use can vary.
Depending upon the equipment you are using and which wireless management ...

A couple of more settings for you to try (assuming you have the options):

Try using 'Long radio headers' instread of the commonly used 'short headers'.
Long headers - ensure compatibility with client adapters
Short headers - improve throughput
This should not be an issue with your limited range and ...

One should be careful not let personal experiences with "home" wireless reliability issues to be confused with technology used for industrial and military applications.

How were you connecting the 2 computers before the WRT54G trouble?
I have noticed some of these symptoms on configurations where one or more "clients" are using static I.P.'s within the range of an active DHCP server.

I just stumbled accross something you might check into at:

http://www.comcast ...

What is the purpose of the WAP54G in repeater mode?
Is this the one you added when the trouble started?
Are your A.P.'s using different channels? (2, 5, 9, etc.)


Agricultural networking? only in America!

Apparenly the equipment I mentioned (VHF Radio modem) is a little primitive compared to what is currently available:

VHF Radio packet modem
http://www.radiometrix.com/html/products/rpm1.html

environmental monitoring ( solar powered weather data transmiters )
http://www.fondriest.com/

one and ...

I did not catch your geographic location, and do not know if this outfit does business on line. but A few weeks ago I was wasting time looking around in a local electronics surplus store ("H.S.C. Electronics"/Halted Surplus Cxx?) and noticed a "Remote Site Transmitter" they were selling, it had 2 ...

Its possible your router could be picking up stray signals or interference from other wireless equipment, it does not seem feasible for one of your neighbors to steal your bandwidth, but I guess some people would do it just because its there.. whenever I use my laptop in the “field” it is always ...

do you have the wireless routers DHCP disabled?

6,538 posts? what do you do in your spare time?
its unfortunate that you and others who provide assistance are not compensated by the manufactures for providing support for their products.

I am not aware of the radio frequency’s used, apparently the details of the connection are a proprietary ...

I cant provide you with any details, but this may help with your general layout. during 4+ years working for Cisco sys. all of the buildings on site were upgraded for wireless access. after about 1 week per building installation was completed, connections were maintained throughout multi-story ...

The only problem that ive had with Linksys is their lack of customer service. the incomming logging feature of my WRT54G does not/has not ever functioned. every responce I received from Linksys was unrelated to my problem and were all copied and pasted answers from their on line FAQ'S. After not ...

they are called "AVATARS" OR "SIGNATURES" go to http://www.danasoft.com

I found one called cricket graphs at http://cricket.sourceforge.net/

After several months of trouble free (and fast) service everything went downhill. Web Pages taking 5 or more minutes to load, mail servers timing out or disconnecting when trying to send/receive, then I suddenly receive 6 or more duplicates of each email, download speeds of 2.97KB/s, 36KB/s, 12.4KB ...

I grew tired of having dead spots the first day I installed my WRT54G, the second day I relocated it to a nonmetalic weatherproof enclosuer mounted above an out-building, now I get reception everywhere on my property. although it can be a pain when you need to access the router.

I think one of the first things I would check for is an update for ACU, Cisco has a update utility you can download (its free, you just have swear that you are not a terrorest) and it automaticly detects hardware and updates ACU software (not sure if it does firmware). some versions of ACU have a ...

I would check in to upgrading the Firmware on your router/AP and possibly the network card in your lap top. if you bought them more than a year apart you could be having compatibility problems with differant versions of firmware. I recently bought a Linksus router and found that 2 firmware upgrades ...

one thing you might check for is EMF interferance from plug in power supply's, wires, etc. which are typicly piled up behind computers. I have had "ghost" networks caused by this type of interferance. since you are using WEP I assume you are close to other people who may have their own wireless ...

I am not sure if I understand the problem, is it just that you cant see your IP address in one of the ACU windows, or are you having connection problems?