Linksys BEWF11S4 v4 slows down drastically...

I have a Linksys BEWF11S4 (v4) via which the throughput slows down
dramatically when more than one wireless user is downloading. The
slowdown appears to be far worse than normal math would suggest it
should be. Is this normal? Would a higher-quality wireless router
help??

Thanks,
-B

Oh yeah, FYI I'm using a MAC access list with 6 entries, no WEP,
channel 6, infrastructure mode.

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> I have a Linksys BEWF11S4 (v4) via which the throughput slows down
> dramatically when more than one wireless user is downloading. The
> slowdown appears to be far worse than normal math would suggest it
> should be. Is this normal? Would a higher-quality wireless router
> help??

A few points:
1. Try a different channel. It may be that Ch6 is noisy in your
environment.
2. Try different antenna positions and confirm that you have a solid signal
to your client station.
3. Remember that the wireless portion of your network acts like a hub and
not a switch. This means that all wireless users share the available
bandwidth. (This shouldn't be an issue with most broadband Internet
connections, though.)
4. Try disabling antenna diversity. The router will only transmit on one
antenna at a time, but will automatically switch to the better antenna for
the current session. However, the second client may be receiving a worse
signal from that antenna.

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