Hello Duane, I have a WRT54GL and have tried out bridge mode on it with DD-WRT. It does not seem to have a very strong signal in comparision with the Linksys WET54G ethernet bridge. In the same locations, the WRT54GL will have a signal strength of 20-30%/-75 DB, and the WET54G will have a signal strength of 80-90% (but I don't know the DB).
Any idea why this would be? Even a few feet from the router now the WRT54GL signal shows 50-65% and 35-45 signal... The WRT54GL would be a much cheaper option if I could figure out how it can get a signal strength that would match the bridge. Thanks, Steven On 3/14/07, Duane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Steven McCann wrote: > The external antennas sound like a good idea. I will have to see if > there it is possible to have a point-to-point link. I guess one WRT54G > router would be required per antenna you are pointing..? If you are planning to use WRT54Gs you'd probably be best going for the WRT54GLs since you can flash them and turn them into cheap bridges. Although you'd only need one "base station" depending on how many computers you have. -- Best regards, Duane http://www.cacert.org - Free Security Certificates http://www.nodedb.com - Think globally, network locally http://www.sydneywireless.com - Telecommunications Freedom http://e164.org - Because e164.arpa is a tax on VoIP http://www.freeauth.org - Enterprise Two Factor Authentication "In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip."
