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Reviving old post: Check signal using DWL-810+

Author
13 Mar 2005 10:59 PM
MrSmiley
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

Author
14 Mar 2005 12:04 AM
DLink Guru
FYI, In an AD-HOC network the best you can expect is 11MBs no matter what
protocol you use.

Robert...

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"MrSmiley" <n***@noyb.com> wrote in message
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> 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
>
>
>
Author
14 Mar 2005 12:21 AM
MrSmiley
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
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> 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
> >
> >
> >
>
>
Author
14 Mar 2005 1:18 AM
DLink Guru
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...
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"MrSmiley" <n***@noyb.com> wrote in message
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> 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
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
Author
15 Mar 2005 3:59 AM
Eric
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"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?

I can say that I am also very happy with my two DWL-810AP+'s.   No packet
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