Horribe signal using wireless adapter. Please Help?

It's a D-Link 614+ wireless router and a D-link dwl 520+ wireless
adapter card. I can only receive a VERY weak signal from a distance of
only 52 feet. It's broadband cable internet and the speed is about
60kbps [yes 60] with the wireless computer. The [wired] comp gets the
normally high speeds.

Should I buy a new card or router or both?

Can someone suggest a new wireless adapter that has excellent
reception?

I really don't want to run wires if possible.

Can someone suggest some tricks/settings that I can change to make
this work correctly?

Anyone have any suggestions please ??

"Crackles McFarly" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> It's a D-Link 614+ wireless router and a D-link dwl 520+ wireless
> adapter card. I can only receive a VERY weak signal from a distance of
> only 52 feet. It's broadband cable internet and the speed is about
> 60kbps [yes 60] with the wireless computer. The [wired] comp gets the
> normally high speeds.
>
> Should I buy a new card or router or both?
>
> Can someone suggest a new wireless adapter that has excellent
> reception?
>
> I really don't want to run wires if possible.
>
> Can someone suggest some tricks/settings that I can change to make
> this work correctly?
>
> Anyone have any suggestions please ??

Just curious - are you line of sight at 50ft or passing thru wall / walls ?

If passing thru walls, what kind? drywall / wooden studs? metal studs?
plaster / lath / metal mesh ?

On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 07:40:35 -0500, "riggor"
<riggor9999@nospam_yahoo.com> sayd the following:

>
>"Crackles McFarly" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed).. .
>> It's a D-Link 614+ wireless router and a D-link dwl 520+ wireless
>> adapter card. I can only receive a VERY weak signal from a distance of
>> only 52 feet. It's broadband cable internet and the speed is about
>> 60kbps [yes 60] with the wireless computer. The [wired] comp gets the
>> normally high speeds.
>>
>> Should I buy a new card or router or both?
>>
>> Can someone suggest a new wireless adapter that has excellent
>> reception?
>>
>> I really don't want to run wires if possible.
>>
>> Can someone suggest some tricks/settings that I can change to make
>> this work correctly?
>>
>> Anyone have any suggestions please ??
>
>Just curious - are you line of sight at 50ft or passing thru wall / walls ?
>
>If passing thru walls, what kind? drywall / wooden studs? metal studs?
>plaster / lath / metal mesh ?
>

I am nearly line of sight. The signal goes down a hallway, then about
3 feet to the left into the kitchen, then a hard right turn 5 feet to
the wireless computer.

I'm going through one of the hollowed out doors also.

Crackles McFarly wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 07:40:35 -0500, "riggor"
> <riggor9999@nospam_yahoo.com> sayd the following:
>
>> "Crackles McFarly" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> It's a D-Link 614+ wireless router and a D-link dwl 520+ wireless
>>> adapter card. I can only receive a VERY weak signal from a distance of
>>> only 52 feet. It's broadband cable internet and the speed is about
>>> 60kbps [yes 60] with the wireless computer. The [wired] comp gets the
>>> normally high speeds.
>>>
>>> Should I buy a new card or router or both?
>>>
>>> Can someone suggest a new wireless adapter that has excellent
>>> reception?
>>>
>>> I really don't want to run wires if possible.
>>>
>>> Can someone suggest some tricks/settings that I can change to make
>>> this work correctly?
>>>
>>> Anyone have any suggestions please ??
>> Just curious - are you line of sight at 50ft or passing thru wall / walls ?
>>
>> If passing thru walls, what kind? drywall / wooden studs? metal studs?
>> plaster / lath / metal mesh ?
>>
>
> I am nearly line of sight. The signal goes down a hallway, then about
> 3 feet to the left into the kitchen, then a hard right turn 5 feet to
> the wireless computer.
>
> I'm going through one of the hollowed out doors also.
>
>
Since the 520+ is a PCI card is your PC obscuring the Antenna from your
"nearly" LOS of the 614+? Try turning your computer round so that the
Antennas of the 614+ and the 520+ are facing each other.

On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 13:54:12 +0000, RM <roverman88t-(E-Mail Removed)>
sayd the following:

>Crackles McFarly wrote:
>> On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 07:40:35 -0500, "riggor"
>> <riggor9999@nospam_yahoo.com> sayd the following:
>>
>>> "Crackles McFarly" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> It's a D-Link 614+ wireless router and a D-link dwl 520+ wireless
>>>> adapter card. I can only receive a VERY weak signal from a distance of
>>>> only 52 feet. It's broadband cable internet and the speed is about
>>>> 60kbps [yes 60] with the wireless computer. The [wired] comp gets the
>>>> normally high speeds.
>>>>
>>>> Should I buy a new card or router or both?
>>>>
>>>> Can someone suggest a new wireless adapter that has excellent
>>>> reception?
>>>>
>>>> I really don't want to run wires if possible.
>>>>
>>>> Can someone suggest some tricks/settings that I can change to make
>>>> this work correctly?
>>>>
>>>> Anyone have any suggestions please ??
>>> Just curious - are you line of sight at 50ft or passing thru wall / walls ?
>>>
>>> If passing thru walls, what kind? drywall / wooden studs? metal studs?
>>> plaster / lath / metal mesh ?
>>>
>>
>> I am nearly line of sight. The signal goes down a hallway, then about
>> 3 feet to the left into the kitchen, then a hard right turn 5 feet to
>> the wireless computer.
>>
>> I'm going through one of the hollowed out doors also.
>>
>>
>Since the 520+ is a PCI card is your PC obscuring the Antenna from your
>"nearly" LOS of the 614+? Try turning your computer round so that the
>Antennas of the 614+ and the 520+ are facing each other.


Someone else suggested I change it to auto scan for best channel and
that fixed the problem.

But thanks anyway :-D

On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 07:36:11 -0500, Crackles McFarly
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>It's a D-Link 614+ wireless router and a D-link dwl 520+ wireless
>adapter card. I can only receive a VERY weak signal from a distance of
>only 52 feet. It's broadband cable internet and the speed is about
>60kbps [yes 60] with the wireless computer. The [wired] comp gets the
>normally high speeds.
>
>Should I buy a new card or router or both?

I would use another wireless device (know anyone with a laptop?) in
the same location to see what the signal is like. If the laptop gets
good signal then you know the desktop has issues. If the laptops
signal sucks too move the laptop and router around a bit to see if you
can find a "sweet spot" where the signal is getting through.
>
>Can someone suggest a new wireless adapter that has excellent
>reception?

Something that gets the ant. away from the computer case will give u a
little better signal strength. I like the Linksys USB ones that come
with a 10ft. extension cable.


>Can someone suggest some tricks/settings that I can change to make
>this work correctly?

Try changing the channels on the router to see if you gain anything.
Try moving stuff around within their perspective rooms to see if makes
a difference. Lots of times it is the wall composition and the stuff
in the walls that kills your reception and in that case you are kind
of stuck.

Steve B.

Crackles McFarly wrote:

> I am nearly line of sight.

:-) you can't be 'nearly' line-of-sight - either you can see the router
from your laptop, or you can't!

> The signal goes down a hallway, then about
> 3 feet to the left into the kitchen, then a hard right turn 5 feet to
> the wireless computer.

Signals don't make turns, unless you put reflectors in their path.

So it sounds like you have at least two walls, of unspecified
construction, in your signal path.

Experiment: make it REALLY line of sight - move hte router to directly
in front of one door, stand in front of the other with your laptop. Does
it work better? Then step just out of sight - does it get worse? And so on.


--
Mark McIntyre

On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 09:10:39 -0500, Steve B. <(E-Mail Removed)> sayd the
following:

>On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 07:36:11 -0500, Crackles McFarly
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>It's a D-Link 614+ wireless router and a D-link dwl 520+ wireless
>>adapter card. I can only receive a VERY weak signal from a distance of
>>only 52 feet. It's broadband cable internet and the speed is about
>>60kbps [yes 60] with the wireless computer. The [wired] comp gets the
>>normally high speeds.
>>
>>Should I buy a new card or router or both?
>
>I would use another wireless device (know anyone with a laptop?) in
>the same location to see what the signal is like. If the laptop gets
>good signal then you know the desktop has issues. If the laptops
>signal sucks too move the laptop and router around a bit to see if you
>can find a "sweet spot" where the signal is getting through.
>>
>>Can someone suggest a new wireless adapter that has excellent
>>reception?
>
>Something that gets the ant. away from the computer case will give u a
>little better signal strength. I like the Linksys USB ones that come
>with a 10ft. extension cable.
>
>
>>Can someone suggest some tricks/settings that I can change to make
>>this work correctly?
>
>Try changing the channels on the router to see if you gain anything.
>Try moving stuff around within their perspective rooms to see if makes
>a difference. Lots of times it is the wall composition and the stuff
>in the walls that kills your reception and in that case you are kind
>of stuck.
>
> Steve B.


I fixed it.

Instead of using a Static channel # I set it to auto-scan for the
strongest signal. It was a 100% fix.

thanks folks.