Help! - Wireless router settings...

[mathia]

My Linksys has options for mixed, b only, and g only.

[Joe_Lorenzini]

Originally Posted by mathia

My Linksys has options for mixed, b only, and g only.

This one can be set up to b, g, n, b/g or b/g/n.

[Joe_Lorenzini]

Hey Glen,

Thanks for all the great detail. I'll try out your suggestions this afternoon.

Joe

[Joe_Lorenzini]

Ok Glen, I tried some of your suggestions...

Tested security set at NONE, WEP and WPA2.
- NONE is fastest (not an option), WEP & WPA2 seem to be very close and the throughput is identical so I'll stick with WPA2.
QUESTION: For WPA security there are three options - WPA(TKIP), WPA2(AES), and WPA2 Mixed (I'm using Mixed). Any reason to try one of the others?

Tested using Channel 1:
This router has an option for an Auto Channel and gives the ability to scan for the optimal channel every 30 minutes to 1 week. This mode seems to be faster than selecting an individual channel (I set it to every hour as I don't know how often the optimal channel could change)

Switched pass phrase to 8 character/number combo - no difference.

So what I'm left with is just above 300KB/per second transfer rate. Don't know if this is good or bad (for my situation) but it's working MUCH better than when I originally posted this thread.

I'm going to call the cable company and see if they don't offer a "boost" package with higher throughput. Don't know what other options I have at this point...

Thanks to everyone for the help. It would have taken a lot longer without you guys.

Joe

[ggeen]

Originally Posted by Joe_Lorenzini

Ok Glen, I tried some of your suggestions...

Tested security set at NONE, WEP and WPA2.
- NONE is fastest (not an option), WEP & WPA2 seem to be very close and the throughput is identical so I'll stick with WPA2.
QUESTION: For WPA security there are three options - WPA(TKIP), WPA2(AES), and WPA2 Mixed (I'm using Mixed). Any reason to try one of the others?

Tested using Channel 1:
This router has an option for an Auto Channel and gives the ability to scan for the optimal channel every 30 minutes to 1 week. This mode seems to be faster than selecting an individual channel (I set it to every hour as I don't know how often the optimal channel could change)

Switched pass phrase to 8 character/number combo - no difference.

So what I'm left with is just above 300KB/per second transfer rate. Don't know if this is good or bad (for my situation) but it's working MUCH better than when I originally posted this thread.

I'm going to call the cable company and see if they don't offer a "boost" package with higher throughput. Don't know what other options I have at this point...

Thanks to everyone for the help. It would have taken a lot longer without you guys.

Joe

I would suggest WPA/TKIP or WPA2/AES. The mixed modes just give you both and that means more CPU cycles.

Also look into your environmental factors. Microwave ovens chew into bands 10 and 11 as they heat up. 2.4GHz phones are in the same frequency band as your 802.11b/g/n wireless access point. 5GHz phones are in the same frequency band as 802.11a/n. You cell phone may cause interference as well. Try moving it away from the computer if you see a sudden slow down. I don't know which city you live in. Garland, Plano, Richardson, and Murphy I know have deployed mesh networks. They are in the same 2.4GHz frequency band as 802.11b/g/n devices. When Garland pushes their daily refresh, it will knock my WIntel computer off my network.

Windows is constantly looking for a better signal. If there is a stronger signal coming from your neighbor a Windows based computer will attempt to connect to it despite the fact it is already connected and authenticated to an existing WAP. Linux and Mac have not shown this behavior to date.