On 9/27/07, Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Christian Seberino wrote: > > I know I set up my Linksys WRT54GL access point correctly because > > my wife can do wifi to it on her Windows2000 laptop late at night or > > early in morning. > > > > It chokes during the day. > > > > All I can guess is that the number of people doing wifi shoots up during > > the day such that interference is unbearable for my little Linksys > access > > point. > > > > I can't believe wifi is that susceptable and I'm at a loss as to what to > do. > > > > Should I buy a bunch of repeaters to push my signal above my neighbor's > > interference? Is that all I can do? > > That won't likely work. Normally the culprit is the Sony Location Free > TV which refuses to play nice with WiFi (it ignores backoffs and just > blasts packets). The fact that it goes down during the *day* would seem > to back that up (unless its some stupid nearby office. If it is, well, > hijack their connection if its that strong...). Normally residential > internet usage goes *down* in the day. > > First, bump the system down to 802.11b *only*. That will force the > other routers in the area down as well. In addition, 802.11b is far > more robust. > > Second, enable interference robustness. This tends to increase the > beaconing rate and decreases the packet sizes so that even when > interference hits, it doesn't wipe out as much. > > Third, disable as much encryption as possible. Encryption requires that > none of the packets be missing before the decryption will work. In > the face of significant packet loss, it will cause a lot of unnecessary > retries. If you need encryption, it should be IPSec, https, ssh, etc. > which are handled at the client level rather than in the wireless. > > Fourth, try to figure out which channel the stupid LocationFree TV junk > is on, and move out of it. Even moving to in-between channels which > have overlap (3 & 8) can be useful if you have a *really* crowded Wifi > space. > > -a
Well, the best solution I can think of is a bigger amplifier for the WAP. Something like this: http://www.hyperlinktech.com/web/24ghz_amplifiers.php No problem too difficult to solve with the proper application of high powered RF! -- Mark Schoonover [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 619-368-0099 Give me ambiguity, or give me something else! --kelsey hudson -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
