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Reviving old post: Check signal using DWL-810+
office RoadRunner with a D-Link DI-604 router and a few more switches, and a DWL-800AP+ (AP mode) mounted in a window 6 feet from the floor. Detached Garage (120 feet away) has a DWL-810+ bridge (actually an 800 with hacked firmware) sitting on top of monitor, with stock antenna and boxes and metal stuff near. It's connected to a 4 port hub (in case I want another ethernet connection out there), obviously 1 port connected to ethernet card in computer. I did many Roadrunner speed tests, the ones with the goofy picture and the ones with the rocket picture and text, and I consistently get 4.3 to 4.6 mbps, the same speed I get to a hardwired computer in the office. Logs show almost no dropped packets. I think this is excellent throughput under the cicumstances. Did I just get lucky with placement or are these D-Link devices really good? A side note, I did an ad-hoc network at a business this week, using G hardware, only achieving 11mbps on the signal meter, but the connection is pitiful at 30 feet. It drops down to 1mbps if someone walks by. Thanks, Rob FYI, In an AD-HOC network the best you can expect is 11MBs no matter what
protocol you use. Robert... Show quoteHide quote "MrSmiley" <n***@noyb.com> wrote in message news:IB3Zd.1227482$Zm5.189007@news.easynews.com... > Please tell me if my thinking is correct. Here's the setup for now. Home > office RoadRunner with a D-Link DI-604 router and a few more switches, and > a > DWL-800AP+ (AP mode) mounted in a window 6 feet from the floor. Detached > Garage (120 feet away) has a DWL-810+ bridge (actually an 800 with hacked > firmware) sitting on top of monitor, with stock antenna and boxes and > metal > stuff near. It's connected to a 4 port hub (in case I want another > ethernet > connection out there), obviously 1 port connected to ethernet card in > computer. I did many Roadrunner speed tests, the ones with the goofy > picture > and the ones with the rocket picture and text, and I consistently get 4.3 > to > 4.6 mbps, the same speed I get to a hardwired computer in the office. Logs > show almost no dropped packets. I think this is excellent throughput under > the cicumstances. Did I just get lucky with placement or are these D-Link > devices really good? > A side note, I did an ad-hoc network at a business this week, using G > hardware, only achieving 11mbps on the signal meter, but the connection is > pitiful at 30 feet. It drops down to 1mbps if someone walks by. > Thanks, > Rob > > > Yeah, I read that on D-Link's site. I wonder if future firmware will allow
faster speeds with existing hardware. Rob "DLink Guru" <rjacobs0spamfree@pacbell.net> wrote in message news:cy4Zd.2813$hA3.2217@trnddc09...Show quoteHide quote > FYI, In an AD-HOC network the best you can expect is 11MBs no matter what > protocol you use. > > Robert... > > "MrSmiley" <n***@noyb.com> wrote in message > news:IB3Zd.1227482$Zm5.189007@news.easynews.com... > > Please tell me if my thinking is correct. Here's the setup for now. Home > > office RoadRunner with a D-Link DI-604 router and a few more switches, and > > a > > DWL-800AP+ (AP mode) mounted in a window 6 feet from the floor. Detached > > Garage (120 feet away) has a DWL-810+ bridge (actually an 800 with hacked > > firmware) sitting on top of monitor, with stock antenna and boxes and > > metal > > stuff near. It's connected to a 4 port hub (in case I want another > > ethernet > > connection out there), obviously 1 port connected to ethernet card in > > computer. I did many Roadrunner speed tests, the ones with the goofy > > picture > > and the ones with the rocket picture and text, and I consistently get 4.3 > > to > > 4.6 mbps, the same speed I get to a hardwired computer in the office. Logs > > show almost no dropped packets. I think this is excellent throughput under > > the cicumstances. Did I just get lucky with placement or are these D-Link > > devices really good? > > A side note, I did an ad-hoc network at a business this week, using G > > hardware, only achieving 11mbps on the signal meter, but the connection is > > pitiful at 30 feet. It drops down to 1mbps if someone walks by. > > Thanks, > > Rob > > > > > > > > Not likely. AD-HOC wil more then likely only support 11MBs in the future.
The companies dont spend anytime in R&D on AD-HOC solutions as it is so limited, plus they want you to purchase thier other products instead of only 2 adapters. Robert... Show quoteHide quote "MrSmiley" <n***@noyb.com> wrote in message news:jO4Zd.5044279$f47.914472@news.easynews.com... > Yeah, I read that on D-Link's site. I wonder if future firmware will allow > faster speeds with existing hardware. > Rob > > "DLink Guru" <rjacobs0spamfree@pacbell.net> wrote in message > news:cy4Zd.2813$hA3.2217@trnddc09... >> FYI, In an AD-HOC network the best you can expect is 11MBs no matter what >> protocol you use. >> >> Robert... >> >> "MrSmiley" <n***@noyb.com> wrote in message >> news:IB3Zd.1227482$Zm5.189007@news.easynews.com... >> > Please tell me if my thinking is correct. Here's the setup for now. >> > Home >> > office RoadRunner with a D-Link DI-604 router and a few more switches, > and >> > a >> > DWL-800AP+ (AP mode) mounted in a window 6 feet from the floor. >> > Detached >> > Garage (120 feet away) has a DWL-810+ bridge (actually an 800 with > hacked >> > firmware) sitting on top of monitor, with stock antenna and boxes and >> > metal >> > stuff near. It's connected to a 4 port hub (in case I want another >> > ethernet >> > connection out there), obviously 1 port connected to ethernet card in >> > computer. I did many Roadrunner speed tests, the ones with the goofy >> > picture >> > and the ones with the rocket picture and text, and I consistently get > 4.3 >> > to >> > 4.6 mbps, the same speed I get to a hardwired computer in the office. > Logs >> > show almost no dropped packets. I think this is excellent throughput > under >> > the cicumstances. Did I just get lucky with placement or are these > D-Link >> > devices really good? >> > A side note, I did an ad-hoc network at a business this week, using G >> > hardware, only achieving 11mbps on the signal meter, but the connection > is >> > pitiful at 30 feet. It drops down to 1mbps if someone walks by. >> > Thanks, >> > Rob >> > >> > >> > >> >> > >
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"MrSmiley" <n***@noyb.com> wrote in message I can say that I am also very happy with my two DWL-810AP+'s. No packetnews:IB3Zd.1227482$Zm5.189007@news.easynews.com... > Please tell me if my thinking is correct. Here's the setup for now. Home > office RoadRunner with a D-Link DI-604 router and a few more switches, and a > DWL-800AP+ (AP mode) mounted in a window 6 feet from the floor. Detached > Garage (120 feet away) has a DWL-810+ bridge (actually an 800 with hacked > firmware) sitting on top of monitor, with stock antenna and boxes and metal > stuff near. It's connected to a 4 port hub (in case I want another ethernet > connection out there), obviously 1 port connected to ethernet card in > computer. I did many Roadrunner speed tests, the ones with the goofy picture > and the ones with the rocket picture and text, and I consistently get 4.3 to > 4.6 mbps, the same speed I get to a hardwired computer in the office. Logs > show almost no dropped packets. I think this is excellent throughput under > the cicumstances. Did I just get lucky with placement or are these D-Link > devices really good? losses and also see the same throughput coming off RR. (Did the speed tests using a laptop.) I mainly just use them for consoles (PS2, Dreamcast) but also have let friends/family plug into them with their laptops if they didn't have any wireless hardware. Your reference about the "hacked firmware" for the DWL-800AP+ is interesting. I was thinking about picking up one or two more DWL-810AP+'s eventually, since they worked so well. With "hacked firmware" capable of using the DWL-800AP+ as a wireless/ethernet bridge, might just pick a couple of them up instead. Going to google that later. Be nice to not only have a couple more little bridges, but "wireless extenders" as well. Cheers, -Eric
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