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From: Harry Putnam on 21 Jul 2010 21:07 `Subject: Are there faster waps than dwl2100AP' Something of a lamer question on the subject line I guess, but with zero knowledge about wireless networking... digging up that kind of information can really be daunting.... no idea what to search for or how to determine what is possible with current wireless technology. There is so much information available... I'm lost as to how to find specific information. My DWL 2100 AP is a few yrs old.. probably 3 or there abouts. The most recent firmware doesn't work for me, but 1 version older (Version 2.11) works so I use that firmware. I wondered if there are waps available now that offer higher speeds. That is, if there are newer wireless protocols or whatever that allow faster data transfer... something that my older dwl2100ap may not be capable of? My home lan network is pretty basic: Internet => cable modem => netgear(FVS318) firewall/router Six machines are wired by ethernet to the router, and 1 wap (dwl2100AP) Less network intensive things like plain browsing seem pretty normal, or fairly comparable to wired segments of the home lan, but certain kinds of network intensive activety seem barely possible with my current setup. Something like vnc connections are almost intolerably slow over the wireless segment. In other words, pulling a whole gui desktop from remote host across the wireless segment is very annoyingly slow. But not so on the wired segments.
From: alexd on 22 Jul 2010 14:08 Meanwhile, at the alt.internet.wireless Job Justification Hearings, Harry Putnam chose the tried and tested strategy of: > Less network intensive things like plain browsing seem pretty normal, > or fairly comparable to wired segments of the home lan, but certain > kinds of network intensive activety seem barely possible with my > current setup. Something like vnc connections are almost intolerably > slow over the wireless segment. This may be due to latency rather than throughput. What sort of ping times are you seeing wired<>wireless? Try a speed test with iperf. Best I've ever seen on 802.11G is about 22Mbps. With 11N I've seen 60Mbps. Remember that Wifi is half duplex so turning off P2P [for example] on a machine you're trying to VNC to over wireless maybe improve things. -- <http://ale.cx/> (AIM:troffasky) (UnSoEsNpEaTm(a)ale.cx) 19:05:58 up 4 days, 9:37, 4 users, load average: 0.11, 0.22, 0.48 Qua illic est accuso, illic est a vindicatum
From: Jeff Liebermann on 22 Jul 2010 14:27 On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:07:14 -0500, Harry Putnam <reader(a)newsguy.com> wrote: > `Subject: Are there faster waps than dwl2100AP' <http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/component/option,com_chart/Itemid,189/> Any of the wireless routers listed can be used as an access point: <http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-Fi_How_To#Use_a_wireless_router_as_a_wireless_access_point> -- Jeff Liebermann jeffl(a)cruzio.com 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558
From: Mike Easter on 22 Jul 2010 14:44 Jeff Liebermann wrote: > Any of the wireless routers listed can be used as an access point: > <http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-Fi_How_To#Use_a_wireless_router_as_a_wireless_access_point> Could you please elaborate on this line? May need to use crossover type cable. .... referring to the ethernet cable to a LAN port on the router/accesspoint. Or, if there is something in the wiki about that crossover business, start me in the right direction. That is, I know what a crossover cable is; I just don't know how this maybe, maybe not, works in this application. -- Mike Easter
From: John Navas on 22 Jul 2010 15:21
On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:44:22 -0700, in <8arhs9FuhjU1(a)mid.individual.net>, Mike Easter <MikeE(a)ster.invalid> wrote: >Jeff Liebermann wrote: > >> Any of the wireless routers listed can be used as an access point: >> <http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-Fi_How_To#Use_a_wireless_router_as_a_wireless_access_point> > >Could you please elaborate on this line? > >May need to use crossover type cable. > >... referring to the ethernet cable to a LAN port on the router/accesspoint. > >Or, if there is something in the wiki about that crossover business, >start me in the right direction. That is, I know what a crossover cable >is; I just don't know how this maybe, maybe not, works in this application. There is usually no need for a crossover cable -- most ports these days are self-configuring -- so try it first, just get a cheap crossover cable if the port won't enable otherwise. -- John FAQ for Wireless Internet: <http://wireless.navas.us> FAQ for Wi-Fi: <http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-Fi> Wi-Fi How To: <http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-Fi_HowTo> Fixes to Wi-Fi Problems: <http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-Fi_Fixes> |