[MLUG] Wireless Router

[Jeremy]

Chris O'Regan wrote:
>> Im looking for information relating to a good wireless router.
>>     
>
> I bought a couple of refurbished Linksys 150Ns recently and ran into
> the same problem. Wireless-N was useless; my transfer rate would drop
> to 1 Mbps not matter what I did. Switching to wireless-G helped but
> only after I experimented with different channels. Though my signal
> quality is less than 55% I am getting a stable 54Mbps between the
> routers. The routers are configured using WDS.
>
> You can try boosting the output power but it is not recommended to
> push this too far as it will overheat the router. The best would be to
> upgrade the antennas.
>
>
> Chris
Get 2 old WRTs and use WDS. Wireless connection to upstairs, and you 
even can use the wired ports on upstairs router as if they were 
physically connected to downstairs router. Effectively an extender of 
both wired and wireless. You will have a small speed hit, but it is not 
much. I used this for years myself. Not to mention you can boost levels 
on WRTs and play with channels etc (maybe try that first, use a weird 
channel... may help).

Jeremy
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