The original 802.11 standard for 2.4Ghz specified an encoding method for
1Mbps and 2Mbps, which were the "basic rates" specified by the standard.
802.11b adds encoding methods to support additional rates at 5.5Mbps and
11Mbps. Thus, 1, 2, 5.5, and 11 are the basic rates supported by 802.11b.
An 802.11b endpoint will try to associate at 11Mbps first, and if it can't
maintain that rate due to noise or too much legitimate traffic (possible
from other nets on the same channel) it will back down and reassociate at
5.5Mbps, then 2, and finally 1.
If you're getting better performance at 2 than at 5.5, maybe some other
network in your vicinity that uses the same channel. Collision/backoff/retry
will kill your performance. Try configuring your router and clients to use a
different channel. The "correct" channel choices are 1, 6, or 11 to
guarantee maximum independence from other conventionally-configured
networks - but if someone else has started a net on an oddball channel, you
might try other channels to see what gets best results.
"TP-Software" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> my wireless router show the following options
> Basic Rates: 1-2(Mbps) 1-2-5.5-11(Mbps)
> Tx Rates: 1-2(Mbps) 1-2-5.5-11(Mbps)
>
>
> Now what do these mean exactly, cause my manual doesn't say much.
>
> The weird thing is that Tx Rates: 1-2 seems to transfer files
> faster than when set to 1-5-5.5-11
>
> What exactly is the meaning of this ?
> (The more detailed the better)
>
> Thnx.
>
>
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