Wireless G or B... ?

RWBRWB Icrontian
edited May 2005 in Science & Tech
Right now Ihave a Wireless G Linksys NIC and a Wireless G Linksys Router. For some reason I am only connecting at B... or I guess it's B since it's only at 11Mbps.

I'm still new to the whole wireless BS, anyone know what I need to do to fix this?

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  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited May 2005
    Go to the card in device manager and hit the advanced tab. Check to see if "IBSS 54g(tm) Mode" is set to 54g - Performance. If it isn't, put it there.

    In your router, hit the wireless tab and set it on "G-Only" in "Wireless Network Mode."
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited May 2005
    Thrax wrote:
    Go to the card in device manager and hit the advanced tab. Check to see if "IBSS 54g(tm) Mode" is set to 54g - Performance. If it isn't, put it there.

    In your router, hit the wireless tab and set it on "G-Only" in "Wireless Network Mode."


    Thank you, but a couple problems. My other computer is only Wireless B so I would need my router to support both. Also, I did that 54g - Performance thing in the Device Manager and it changed. But when it first connected it connected only at 5.5Mbps, then it quickly changed back to 11Mbps. I don't know how it's connected right now, but I would guess it's at Wireless B for some reason.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited May 2005
    Okay, back in the router, what happens if you change it to "Mixed" on the same screen as before?
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited May 2005
    It's already on Mixed.
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited May 2005
    I also noticed I have a "Very Low" signal strength on the computer with the PCI Network Card which has Wireless G, while my other computer with the USB Wireless NIC which uses Wireless B has an "Excellent" signal strength. I've been testing different channels to see if that helps, but so far nothing.

    Actually right now it seems that the G card is getting speeds ranging from around 1Mbps to 5.5Mbps and it just randomly changes on its own it appears..
  • deicistdeicist Manchester, UK
    edited May 2005
    Sounds like you're just getting poor signal, when a wireless card isn't recieving a good signal it drops the data rate down. Is there a brick wall in between the PC and the router? is the router on a different level (ie: downstairs) than the PC? How far apart are they?
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited May 2005
    I agree with Deicist. Looks like you're just getting a horrible signal.
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited May 2005
    Maybe 20 yards at most is the distance right now, just two walls separate me and the router it's upstairs as am I. Not much actually in the way becuase of the way the hallway/balcony/stairwell is located and designed in our house.

    I am using the router that you did that overclocking guide on, but this is an up-to-date version of the firmware, so I dunno if the guide works or what I could do to kind of help boost-or get the best posisble signal out of my router.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited May 2005
    It's not the distance, it's the materials in the walls. Do you know what the walls are made of?

    And no, the guide doesn't work.
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited May 2005
    2x4's and Sheet Rock(Gypsum), maybe a couple pipes and electrical stuff, but I am not too sure what insulation was used, I sorta feel they used the spray in kind which they build the walls, and staple in a large plastic sheet, tear a hole in it and spray in the insulation. Or it oculd be Pink Panther for all I know :p

    Either way, mysignal strength is only 47% on the G NIC, and possibly upwards of 90% on my B NIC. I am noticing that right now I am connected at 24Mbps on the G, possibly becuase i just got back from reorganizing my setup since I had to take it apart to put in the new DVDrw I got in from Newegg yesterday. But it jumps between that and 11Mbps now too.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited May 2005
    Sheet rock is hell on wireless connectivity. You can try getting Sveasoft's Satori firmware for your router, which allows you to tweak the gain right from the UI -- also, you might try fiddling with antennae.

    Otherwise, you're out of luck.
  • rykoryko new york
    edited May 2005
    parabolic dish tutorial... :)

    http://www.overclockerz.net/guides/parabolic_ref/parabolic.shtml
  • PreacherPreacher Potomac, MD Icrontian
    edited May 2005
    Depending on what Linksys Model you have, you could switch to the HyperWRT 2.0 firmware as well. It allows you to double signal strength.
  • entropyentropy Yah-Der-Hey (Wisconsin)
    edited May 2005
    Ryko: Have you ever made one? If so, how did it work for you (despite the graphs on there)? I've heard it's good, and ridiculous, so I don't know which to beleive. I don't necessarily need it, but it might be nifty.
  • rykoryko new york
    edited May 2005
    IMO it makes all the difference if your router is on one floor and your client is on another. Without i got about 56% connection rate and after i get around 78%.

    However i did relocate my router to the other side of my office so that probably helped too. It is roughly the same effect as those exensive hi-gain antenneas but for a fraction of the cost. It is such an easy, cheap, and rewarding mod that you will be wondering why you didn't try it earlier. Plus the ghetto appeal. :mullet:
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