[mythtv-users] (slightly OT) improving wireless connections

[Fedor Pikus]

On 10/27/05, Deyan Bektchiev <mythtv at bektchiev.net> wrote:
>
> Since you already have the Sveasoft firmware you can enable WDS and use
> one WRT54G as an extender to the main one.


Linksys also sells a wireless extender which rebroadcasts signal from a WAP,
WRE54G. But there may be a simpler way: WRT54G has detachable antennas, so
you can buy a high-gain antenna for it, Linsys makes some but there are also
third-party antennas. With a good antenna this WAP has a huge range. Make
sure you have security enabled :)

How are the routers placed right now?
>
> I have a couple for Internet connectivity only that are ~60 feet apart
> and I get 20Mbps between endpoints.
>
> Also it would make sense if you can to run a wire from your BE to the
> router since WDS would cut bandwidth in half.
>
> Dejan
>
> Nelson Tang wrote:
>
> >Hello list members, I've been following the list for awhile, and
> >hopefully this isn't too far OT for the list:
> >
> >I use to live in a two-story townhouse and had my Myth BE/FE
> >downstairs, connected via 802.11g to a FE running on my desktop
> >machine upstairs. My wireless signal was great, and I could watch
> >something on the FE with only a rare occasional stutter.
> >
> >Now, I've moved to a 3-story townhouse, and the BE/FE is all the way
> >in the basement, but the desktop machine is on the upper floor, so
> >it's two floors away. Now my wireless signal is so weak that if I try
> >to watch something on the FE I get pauses every few seconds, making
> >things unwatchable. (While downloading a file over the net, I was
> >getting about 10Mb/s, so definitely too slow.)
> >
> >So, my question is, is there a good way to improve my wireless signal?
> > Any placement tips, antenna orientation, etc.? Any references online
> >I can read? If it matters, the two stations are a Linksys WRT54G with
> >a Sveasoft firmware (don't remember which version offhand) on the
> >FE/BE and a Netgear WGT624v2.
> >
> >Thanks for any suggestions,
> >--nelson
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