Reviving old post: Check signal using DWL-810+

Please tell me if my thinking is correct. Here's the setup for now. Home
office RoadRunner with a D-Link DI-604 router and a few more switches, and a
DWL-800AP+ (AP mode) mounted in a window 6 feet from the floor. Detached
Garage (120 feet away) has a DWL-810+ bridge (actually an 800 with hacked
firmware) sitting on top of monitor, with stock antenna and boxes and metal
stuff near. It's connected to a 4 port hub (in case I want another ethernet
connection out there), obviously 1 port connected to ethernet card in
computer. I did many Roadrunner speed tests, the ones with the goofy picture
and the ones with the rocket picture and text, and I consistently get 4.3 to
4.6 mbps, the same speed I get to a hardwired computer in the office. Logs
show almost no dropped packets. I think this is excellent throughput under
the cicumstances. Did I just get lucky with placement or are these D-Link
devices really good?
A side note, I did an ad-hoc network at a business this week, using G
hardware, only achieving 11mbps on the signal meter, but the connection is
pitiful at 30 feet. It drops down to 1mbps if someone walks by.
Thanks,
Rob

FYI, In an AD-HOC network the best you can expect is 11MBs no matter what
protocol you use.

Robert...

"MrSmiley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:IB3Zd.1227482$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Please tell me if my thinking is correct. Here's the setup for now. Home
> office RoadRunner with a D-Link DI-604 router and a few more switches, and
> a
> DWL-800AP+ (AP mode) mounted in a window 6 feet from the floor. Detached
> Garage (120 feet away) has a DWL-810+ bridge (actually an 800 with hacked
> firmware) sitting on top of monitor, with stock antenna and boxes and
> metal
> stuff near. It's connected to a 4 port hub (in case I want another
> ethernet
> connection out there), obviously 1 port connected to ethernet card in
> computer. I did many Roadrunner speed tests, the ones with the goofy
> picture
> and the ones with the rocket picture and text, and I consistently get 4.3
> to
> 4.6 mbps, the same speed I get to a hardwired computer in the office. Logs
> show almost no dropped packets. I think this is excellent throughput under
> the cicumstances. Did I just get lucky with placement or are these D-Link
> devices really good?
> A side note, I did an ad-hoc network at a business this week, using G
> hardware, only achieving 11mbps on the signal meter, but the connection is
> pitiful at 30 feet. It drops down to 1mbps if someone walks by.
> Thanks,
> Rob
>
>
>

Yeah, I read that on D-Link's site. I wonder if future firmware will allow
faster speeds with existing hardware.
Rob

"DLink Guru" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:cy4Zd.2813$hA3.2217@trnddc09...
> FYI, In an AD-HOC network the best you can expect is 11MBs no matter what
> protocol you use.
>
> Robert...
>
> "MrSmiley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:IB3Zd.1227482$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Please tell me if my thinking is correct. Here's the setup for now. Home
> > office RoadRunner with a D-Link DI-604 router and a few more switches,
and
> > a
> > DWL-800AP+ (AP mode) mounted in a window 6 feet from the floor. Detached
> > Garage (120 feet away) has a DWL-810+ bridge (actually an 800 with
hacked
> > firmware) sitting on top of monitor, with stock antenna and boxes and
> > metal
> > stuff near. It's connected to a 4 port hub (in case I want another
> > ethernet
> > connection out there), obviously 1 port connected to ethernet card in
> > computer. I did many Roadrunner speed tests, the ones with the goofy
> > picture
> > and the ones with the rocket picture and text, and I consistently get
4.3
> > to
> > 4.6 mbps, the same speed I get to a hardwired computer in the office.
Logs
> > show almost no dropped packets. I think this is excellent throughput
under
> > the cicumstances. Did I just get lucky with placement or are these
D-Link
> > devices really good?
> > A side note, I did an ad-hoc network at a business this week, using G
> > hardware, only achieving 11mbps on the signal meter, but the connection
is
> > pitiful at 30 feet. It drops down to 1mbps if someone walks by.
> > Thanks,
> > Rob
> >
> >
> >
>
>

Not likely. AD-HOC wil more then likely only support 11MBs in the future.
The companies dont spend anytime in R&D on AD-HOC solutions as it is so
limited, plus they want you to purchase thier other products instead of only
2 adapters.

Robert...
"MrSmiley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:jO4Zd.5044279$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Yeah, I read that on D-Link's site. I wonder if future firmware will allow
> faster speeds with existing hardware.
> Rob
>
> "DLink Guru" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:cy4Zd.2813$hA3.2217@trnddc09...
>> FYI, In an AD-HOC network the best you can expect is 11MBs no matter what
>> protocol you use.
>>
>> Robert...
>>
>> "MrSmiley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:IB3Zd.1227482$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Please tell me if my thinking is correct. Here's the setup for now.
>> > Home
>> > office RoadRunner with a D-Link DI-604 router and a few more switches,
> and
>> > a
>> > DWL-800AP+ (AP mode) mounted in a window 6 feet from the floor.
>> > Detached
>> > Garage (120 feet away) has a DWL-810+ bridge (actually an 800 with
> hacked
>> > firmware) sitting on top of monitor, with stock antenna and boxes and
>> > metal
>> > stuff near. It's connected to a 4 port hub (in case I want another
>> > ethernet
>> > connection out there), obviously 1 port connected to ethernet card in
>> > computer. I did many Roadrunner speed tests, the ones with the goofy
>> > picture
>> > and the ones with the rocket picture and text, and I consistently get
> 4.3
>> > to
>> > 4.6 mbps, the same speed I get to a hardwired computer in the office.
> Logs
>> > show almost no dropped packets. I think this is excellent throughput
> under
>> > the cicumstances. Did I just get lucky with placement or are these
> D-Link
>> > devices really good?
>> > A side note, I did an ad-hoc network at a business this week, using G
>> > hardware, only achieving 11mbps on the signal meter, but the connection
> is
>> > pitiful at 30 feet. It drops down to 1mbps if someone walks by.
>> > Thanks,
>> > Rob
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

"MrSmiley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:IB3Zd.1227482$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Please tell me if my thinking is correct. Here's the setup for now. Home
> office RoadRunner with a D-Link DI-604 router and a few more switches, and
a
> DWL-800AP+ (AP mode) mounted in a window 6 feet from the floor. Detached
> Garage (120 feet away) has a DWL-810+ bridge (actually an 800 with hacked
> firmware) sitting on top of monitor, with stock antenna and boxes and
metal
> stuff near. It's connected to a 4 port hub (in case I want another
ethernet
> connection out there), obviously 1 port connected to ethernet card in
> computer. I did many Roadrunner speed tests, the ones with the goofy
picture
> and the ones with the rocket picture and text, and I consistently get 4.3
to
> 4.6 mbps, the same speed I get to a hardwired computer in the office. Logs
> show almost no dropped packets. I think this is excellent throughput under
> the cicumstances. Did I just get lucky with placement or are these D-Link
> devices really good?

I can say that I am also very happy with my two DWL-810AP+'s. No packet
losses and also see the same throughput coming off RR.
(Did the speed tests using a laptop.) I mainly just use them for consoles
(PS2, Dreamcast) but also have let friends/family plug into them with their
laptops if they didn't have any wireless hardware.

Your reference about the "hacked firmware" for the DWL-800AP+ is
interesting. I was thinking about picking up one or two more DWL-810AP+'s
eventually, since they worked so well. With "hacked firmware" capable of
using the DWL-800AP+ as a wireless/ethernet bridge, might just pick a couple
of them up instead. Going to google that later. Be nice to not only have a
couple more little bridges, but "wireless extenders" as well.

Cheers,
-Eric