On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 14:38:02 -0500, "red" <anglir***@lexcominc.net>
wrote:

>Running win xp sp2, with linksys w54 router and wpc11 adapter, wireless.
>
>I was having problems with my range, say less than 60' from router to
>bedroom with my connection. tried all of linksys suggestions, and still
>dropped the connection when I would try to stay connected in the other
>rooms.
>
>But, I enabled my Broadcom 802.11/b/g adapter in my laptop, and Presto, I
>can keep the connection on.
>
>Question is, why is the built in adapter stronger than the linksys wireless
>adapter?????

"Jeff Liebermann" <je***@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 14:38:02 -0500, "red" <anglir***@lexcominc.net>
> wrote:
>
>>Running win xp sp2, with linksys w54 router and wpc11 adapter, wireless.
>>
>>I was having problems with my range, say less than 60' from router to
>>bedroom with my connection. tried all of linksys suggestions, and still
>>dropped the connection when I would try to stay connected in the other
>>rooms.
>>
>>But, I enabled my Broadcom 802.11/b/g adapter in my laptop, and Presto, I
>>can keep the connection on.
>>
>>Question is, why is the built in adapter stronger than the linksys
>>wireless
>>adapter?????
>
> 1.  Your WRT54G router has better performance, range, and reliability
> when talking to another 802.11g radio.  OFDM is much better for
> dealing with multipath and reflections than 802.11b used by your
> WPC11.
>
> 2.  Linksys makes 4 different mutations of the WPC11 card.  (1.0, 2.5,
> 3.0, 4.0).  The very first one had a fairly awful radio and antenna
> section.  If yours looks exactly like this:
>  http://jeffl.ihwy.com/linksys/wpc11/
> consider yourself fortunate that it even works.
>
> 3.  Your WRT54G uses Broadcom chips.  So does your laptop.  They like
> each other.  Various versions of the WPC11 use chips from several
> manufacturers, none of which are Broadcom.  The original WPC11 in the
> photo is a Prism2 HFA3841 by Harris-Intersil which doesn't really like
> Broadcom access points.  There was a driver fix for this about 4 years
> ago that may affect whatever WPC11 mutation you're using.  Check for
> updated firmware and drivers.
>
>
>
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