Help with Wireless Router

ps2mint · 28-11-2005, 21:22

Hi, purchased a wireless router, but have a few probs

PC downstairs is connected via cable, no probs there, but the wireless connection has a prob - the connection is always weak and keeps cutting out every 10 mins!

Any help or tips would be appreciated!!

Wicked_and_Crazy · 28-11-2005, 21:30

what model is the router?

BTW i have the same problem when usnig a wireless PCI card, however centrino laptops and wireless game adaptors are fine

Ramrod · 28-11-2005, 21:38

I have found massive improvements by just altering the angle of the ariel on the router a bit. Failing that, move the router.....

ps2mint · 28-11-2005, 21:41

Model is Linksys:

WRT54G

Wicked_and_Crazy · 28-11-2005, 21:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by ps2mint

Model is Linksys:

WRT54G

Now theres a shock!!! Ive got a WRT54GS and have the same problems.

Im not condoning this activity but if you look here http://www.hyperspacehome.com/hyperwrt/ you can get your same firmware but with increased power output. I did this 2 years ago and it worked fine. I ending up with good signal from very poor. Still didnt totally resolve the problem and eventually i got so fed up with it i ran a cable.

My feeling is that its actually the wireless card and not the router as other people i know have had the same issue with PCI wireless cards. Is it a WMP54G wireless card?

Hom3r · 28-11-2005, 23:00

Loads of thing can interfere with the signal (Microwave and cordless phone)

you could try and change the wireless channel.

Wicked_and_Crazy · 28-11-2005, 23:02

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Originally Posted by david.ewles

Loads of thing can interfere with the signal (Microwave and cordless phone)

you could try and change the wireless channel.

unlikely to cause a weak signal, microwaves, cordless phones etc do cause disconnects but in this cause its more likely to be due to the weak signal.

nffc · 28-11-2005, 23:08

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Originally Posted by Ramrod

I have found massive improvements by just altering the angle of the ariel on the router a bit. Failing that, move the router.....

I've put our aerial on mixed polarisation ie one pointing vertically the other horizontally... which seems to have had a positive effect on wireless range.

fireman328 · 28-11-2005, 23:28

Have you tried the firmware d/l on the linksys site ?

SMHarman · 29-11-2005, 00:19

Is it high in the room, mine was poor until I put it on the top shelf.

ps2mint · 29-11-2005, 07:48

No, it is on the bottom shelf,

Will try it on the top!

Thanks everyone for your help!!!

handyman · 29-11-2005, 09:21

hmm I've had the same trouble with 2 bt pci wireless cards. We had three wireless cards running and 2 of them decide to cut out every 1 min without fail. Both these I've now wired for ease. At home with a mixture of centrino and pcmcia cards and a linksys router its all sweet. Have to reset the router once every 2 weeks or so it seems but thats fine for me.

Matth · 30-11-2005, 23:55

Wifi seems to be very poor at going up!

A friemd has a similar problem, I think it ended up best with both router antannas laid flat, at 90 degrees to each other.

You can buy extra antennas of slightly higher gain.

One thing, try to keep a minimum of "through wall" path, moving the router horizontally, FURTHER AWAY, can actually help sometimes, if it makes the angle to a wall less acute.

For vertical antennas, the signal actually tends to be strongest at an angle of about 30 degees up, though higher gain omnidirectionals squash that angle down, but possibly throw secondary peaks at higher angles, so high gain omnis can also work out.