What kind of router? I have found that position is very important. Place base station well away from other objects (use an extension cable if needed), and above desktop clutter etc
e.g., one monitor near the wireless base, + users body in line of sight means very poor (but usable signal). User moves out of the way, signal moves to v.good. Raise base above monitor, signal improves again. BillK On Fri, 2005-03-25 at 15:12 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: > 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 > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > -- William Kenworthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Home! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
