[mythtv-users] (slightly OT) improving wireless connections
Deyan Bektchiev
mythtv at bektchiev.net
Thu Oct 27 15:20:35 EDT 2005
Since you already have the Sveasoft firmware you can enable WDS and use
one WRT54G as an extender to the main one.
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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