I have a pretty big house with a lot of stuff in it, and I'm trying to get wireless to expand as far as it should so my Mom's laptop can work from her wing of the house.
Up until recently, I was pretty okay with my Linksys WRT54GX2, but over the last month, I've had horrid connection problems, frequent disconnects, takes forever for client to get an IP, etc. Saw all over the net that people with all type of hardware and routers were having issues, so I decided to give Wireless-N a try and I've had rock solid connection. Problem is that the range now sucks.
Anyway, the details:
all drivers/firmware updated to the latest/greatest, Windows Vista updated to latest (SP1)
Router:
Linksys WRT610N -link
Wireless N, 5 GHz dual channel gigabit router.
Client wireless networking hardware:
Linksys WPC600N (PC Card, does N and 5 GHz dual channel)
Windows Vista SP1
Security - WPA-TKIP/WPA2-AES
So the wireless connection wasn't a problem in the least. Got it all set up, running fine, but the N-band range is pitiful. It isn't as strong as the WRT54G was, and N is supposed to have significantly better range. Supposedly 1500 feet or something ridiculous, I can't even get 50 feet.
I did a ping 192.168.1.1 -t to see where the range hit it's limit, and it doesn't make it nearly as far as the WRT54G did, noticeably shorter in fact. Maybe 50 feet, if even that much.
I've made adjustments to the Radio Band and network modes, enabling N-only on the 5 GHz channel. I've also set Radio Band to Wide-40MHz and adjusted the standard channels to 5.2 GHz and back to 5.180 GHz.
I'm looking for any other tips which can help increase my range. I contacted Linksys directly and their only advise was to flash to the latest firmware...something I had already done.
Help! Please!
poor range with Wireless-N, spotty connections with Wireless-G
Consumer grade dual band/dual radio routers are notorious for their "limited range" Frankly, the 610N works well for me, especially with the latest firmware.
Review the DLink dir-655, the range is supposedly excellent. however it is only 2.4GHz
Review the DLink dir-655, the range is supposedly excellent. however it is only 2.4GHz
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80211n claims to have better range than g or b wlans, however b actually has the longest range of those 3 standards. 80211n hardware (access points) do have better range than older 80211b hardware though.
However, if have a n access point and a client has a g adapter, the access point will auto drop to g mode and stay there until the g client disconnects. Same if a b client is using the wlan.
Most likely you are getting overlap and interference. Best to set the access point to a channels least prone to interference, channel 1 or channel 11.
To increase the range consider wiring a separate access point to the other half of the house, or put the one access point up in the center of the attic. (higher is better)
However, if have a n access point and a client has a g adapter, the access point will auto drop to g mode and stay there until the g client disconnects. Same if a b client is using the wlan.
Most likely you are getting overlap and interference. Best to set the access point to a channels least prone to interference, channel 1 or channel 11.
To increase the range consider wiring a separate access point to the other half of the house, or put the one access point up in the center of the attic. (higher is better)
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