wifi dropping

I have a 8.5db panel omni-directional antenna on the end of a US robotics
wireless router.

I also have a 15db yagi directional antenna on the end of a trust PCI wifi
card.

200 meters between the two.

Using network stumbler. i get about 14-24 SNR. It used to be 7-10, but i
have improved it by getting rid of some branches in the LOS.

The signal stays strong, but the connection in XP drops then it regains a
signal again, sometimes when i am playing games over the internet, i dont
even noticed this has happened! but sometimes, the game disconnects.

When downloading a file off the internet, it does so VERY SLOWLY, i am on
512 ADSL, and i get 10k downloads, or less! and everytime i download a file,
it stops at least 3 times. Luckily, i cancel the download, and start again
and XP continues from where it stopped.

What could be wrong??

As i say, the signal is strong and this problem is 2 weeks old or so and i
have had this setup running since october.

Stuart

On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 21:45:22 +0100, "Stuart Turrell"
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>I have a 8.5db panel omni-directional antenna on the end of a US robotics
>wireless router.
>
>I also have a 15db yagi directional antenna on the end of a trust PCI wifi
>card.
>
>200 meters between the two.
>
>Using network stumbler. i get about 14-24 SNR. It used to be 7-10, but i
>have improved it by getting rid of some branches in the LOS.
>
>The signal stays strong, but the connection in XP drops then it regains a
>signal again, sometimes when i am playing games over the internet, i dont
>even noticed this has happened! but sometimes, the game disconnects.
>
>When downloading a file off the internet, it does so VERY SLOWLY, i am on
>512 ADSL, and i get 10k downloads, or less! and everytime i download a file,
>it stops at least 3 times. Luckily, i cancel the download, and start again
>and XP continues from where it stopped.
>
>What could be wrong??
>
>As i say, the signal is strong and this problem is 2 weeks old or so and i
>have had this setup running since october.
>
>Stuart
>

Problem with your newsreader as well i see....lol
Stuart






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very funny, no, my wifi connection kept dropping and outlook thought it
hadnt sent it, it was still in my outbox, so i sent it again, then i dont
know about third one, strange.

Thanks for the useful comment tho! Helped me out loads!

Stuart



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> On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 21:45:22 +0100, "Stuart Turrell"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>I have a 8.5db panel omni-directional antenna on the end of a US robotics
>>wireless router.
>>
>>I also have a 15db yagi directional antenna on the end of a trust PCI wifi
>>card.
>>
>>200 meters between the two.
>>
>>Using network stumbler. i get about 14-24 SNR. It used to be 7-10, but i
>>have improved it by getting rid of some branches in the LOS.
>>
>>The signal stays strong, but the connection in XP drops then it regains a
>>signal again, sometimes when i am playing games over the internet, i dont
>>even noticed this has happened! but sometimes, the game disconnects.
>>
>>When downloading a file off the internet, it does so VERY SLOWLY, i am on
>>512 ADSL, and i get 10k downloads, or less! and everytime i download a
>>file,
>>it stops at least 3 times. Luckily, i cancel the download, and start again
>>and XP continues from where it stopped.
>>
>>What could be wrong??
>>
>>As i say, the signal is strong and this problem is 2 weeks old or so and i
>>have had this setup running since october.
>>
>>Stuart
>>
>
> Problem with your newsreader as well i see....lol
> Stuart
>
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> Shift THELEVER to reply.