Hi,
Hi. Mixed Gentoo/FC2 network. My wife and son use wireless
connections but they are not reliable. Typically their machines see
something on the order of -50db. Is this too low to be reliable?
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:09:5B:XX:YY:ZZ
ESSID:""
Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.462GHz
Quality:0/100 Signal level:-51 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rate:1Mb/s
Bit Rate:2Mb/s
Bit Rate:5.5Mb/s
Bit Rate:11Mb/s
Bit Rate:6Mb/s
Bit Rate:12Mb/s
Bit Rate:24Mb/s
Bit Rate:36Mb/s
Bit Rate:35Mb/s
Bit Rate:1.5Mb/s
Bit Rate:2.5Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
IWCONFIG:
wlan0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"removed" Nickname:"dragonfly"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462GHz Access Point: 00:09:5B:XX:YY:ZZ
Bit Rate=11Mb/s Tx-Power:20 dBm Sensitivity=0/3
RTS thr=2432 B Fragment thr=2432 B
Encryption key:removed Security mode:restricted
Power Management:off
Link Quality:100/100 Signal level:-59 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
IFCONFIG:
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:95:AA:BB:CC
inet addr:192.168.10.52 Bcast:192.168.10.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: removed/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:36733 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:37384 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:29214139 (27.8 Mb) TX bytes:4654251 (4.4 Mb)
Interrupt:22 Memory:f9001000-f9001024
It doesn't seem to be 'errors' as much as maybe the connection is
getting dropped and setup again as the day goes on.
Any ideas how I can make this better? My wireless router cannot add
an external antenna. I Can add them to both machines but that's a bit
pricey.
thanks,
Mark
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