D-Link wifi failure?

In the past couple of months I was having wifi network problem where
the signal strength was changing from none to excellent (all green
bars) on a second by second basis, which ofc ourse caused my connection
to come and go. I googled and changed channels, disabled IEEE stuff,
tried static IP, and even using 8dBi antenna to no avail.
The D-Link router (11b version) was in the same room as the laptop.
Fry's had an Airlink 11g version on sale this past week for 20 bucks,
so I bought that unit and replaced my D-Link. Gave it the same SSID and
WEP and my wifi is back to ALL green bars like the D-Link used to do a
couple years ago. No more drop outs.

So the question is: what could have gone out in the D-Link unit? I
checked the power supply adaptor, and it was putting out normal voltage
(5.03 VDC).

Strongly suggest that you upgrade the router firmware.
Tardus

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> In the past couple of months I was having wifi network problem where
> the signal strength was changing from none to excellent (all green
> bars) on a second by second basis, which ofc ourse caused my connection
> to come and go. I googled and changed channels, disabled IEEE stuff,
> tried static IP, and even using 8dBi antenna to no avail.
> The D-Link router (11b version) was in the same room as the laptop.
> Fry's had an Airlink 11g version on sale this past week for 20 bucks,
> so I bought that unit and replaced my D-Link. Gave it the same SSID and
> WEP and my wifi is back to ALL green bars like the D-Link used to do a
> couple years ago. No more drop outs.
>
> So the question is: what could have gone out in the D-Link unit? I
> checked the power supply adaptor, and it was putting out normal voltage
> (5.03 VDC).
>