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wired and wireless loosing connection

Discussion in 'Networking (Hardware & Software)' started by gghartman, 2006/10/10.

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    gghartman Inactive Thread Starter

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    when researching on the web for the above problem i find tons of hits with all types of routers. i myself have been emailing linksys tech support for over a month on my wrt54g dropping connection and other clients are having the same problems with there wired and wireless connections.

    my question is this - is this a wireless technology problem being that linksys, dlink, buffalo seem to have the same dropping of connections ???

    i switched back to a dlink 108mbps but the wireless range was not strong enough to connect to my brothers house about 125 feet away. went to a wrt54gs and the connection was made.

    also is there a wireless router out there that doesnt have this problem ??? so whats the best wireless router and which one has the best built in range ???
     
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    I have yet to have any problem using various wifi routers. For the most part, a connection is influenced by:
    1. quality of wlan card
    2. distance
    3. signal strength output FROM the access point.
    4. interference from lighting, wires, cables, other wifi devices
    5. structure (signal permeates drywall better than plaster, brick, etc.

    I've used Netgear, Linksys, DLink all w/ no issues. Wifi is nice, just remember that it is limited and it is inherently insecure.
     
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    i understand all you said. i have setup but yet have found one that satisfies me totally. like i said i myself replaced through rma with linksys my wrt54g because it kept dropping my wired connection. went through all the trouble shooting from linksys tech support and still it kept on dropping connections quite a lot during the week. have a couple small motels with the wrt54gs having the same problems. they just reboot and it comes back for a bit. and these are on new dell systems. been researching on a lot of forums like this one and there are a lot of people having the same problems especially with the wrt54g. when i switched to a dlink 624m mimo 108mbps my signal to my brothers home was out of range when i went back to the linksys 54g signal was 11mbps. so either dlink doesnt like the usb linksys adapters i have my brother using or the range for dlink isnt as good as linksys's. was reading some reviews from cnet and pcworld and they have the belkins pre-n being number 1 with range and quality of signal but they are a little expensive and not going to be fully compatible when the n version is ratified whenever that happens in 07 hopefully. i have another client who at least 3 to 4 times a week has to do some trouble shooting on their wrt54g and this is even after a cisco engineer configured it.

    you have been lucky if your not experiencing problems. you might think about getting a power ball ticket but you have to split with me. ha.
     
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    The wrt54 used tio be a decent device, but I believe now it is like version 6 or 7 and the quality has dropped. The original versions has an embedded linux in them and are very stable, can even be programmed from a networked linux computer! The newer ones have a different op sys in them.

    A major culprit to dropped connections are cordless phones, the solution is to change wlan channels in the ap. If wired connections get dropped then return the router & get a different brand.
     
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    my wrt54g was a version 5. actually both the wired and wireless connections have been dropping in my wrt54g and one of my motel clients. on my side i was more teed off because my hardwire was dropping as far as my brother is concerned not as mission critical for his wireless to occasionally drop. my motel client very important that the wireless not drop as you can imagine.

    havent worked with the belkins router before but maybe worth the extra bucks to try the pre-n version that they have. has some good reviews and the distance factor is important to the motel.

    in the reviews i have looked at there was never a mention of trendnets routers. i loved their 56k externals but havent tried there routers yet. any knowledge there ???
     
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    Never used Trend products.

    For hotel, I would use separate router and separate AP.
    For a hundred bucks you could get a 4 port wired router & a separate AP.

    I use a Linksys 8 port router (BEFSR81) & a Netgear AP WG602
    http://www.amazon.com/Netgear-WG602-Mbps-Access-Point/dp/B00008I9K9

    I prefer separate devices rather than a router-wifi combo.

    The AP plugs into the router port using a regular cat5 cable. I config the AP like this:
    1. static ip (192.168.1.2 - wired router = 192.158.1.1)
    2. disable dhcp (let the router handle ip addresing)
    3. 128 WEP or WPA2 security
     
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    the machine that the motel has here is a kiosk machine but an unprotected machine. have suggested they get from super 8 corp some kiosk software to tie the system down so guest cant ***** it up. i think unless the belkins
    pre-n doesnt have the range that they will need a repeater or booster somewhere down the hallway to cover the whole motel. like i said its not a big motel a normal super 8 with 2 floors.
     
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    Probably should have a repeater on each floor if floors are concrete.
    As for kisok lockdown, boot from a live linux cd {free). Thed hard drive can't get messed up & if user screws up just reboot.
     
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