WRT54Gv2 drops (new prob?:)

The reason for my posts on this router, firmware etc is that (never
"is because:") the laptop is 2 floors down from router, 25 ft?. When
straight down, it dropped rarely. When diagonally down (another room),
dropped often. That includes "would not connect". And signal was
always 5-15Mb Very Low.

Comcast guy (really good!, and he isn't even supposed to mess with a
router) changed names in case we had a local interfering router (I
still had defaults, like many.) Since then, signal is 40-54 Mb,
Good/Very Good! But sometimes it won't connect when laptop turned on,
and it still drops ...sometimes is as close as I can say. It can work
in AM, fail at Noon, come back later, fail later, etc.Rarely, it even
backs off to, say, 5Mb, Very Low. It did that while Comcast was
here...54 to 5 to 38 or so.

Winbook and router bought 9/04. What are the odds that the laptop card
or router are flawed? (Comcast and I would lean toward the router)

I really don't want to go thru Linksys CS.

Brad

Get firmware from www.linksysinfo.org or www.sveasoft.com ( 20$ but has
support and much better firmware)
"Avalanche" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> The reason for my posts on this router, firmware etc is that (never
> "is because:") the laptop is 2 floors down from router, 25 ft?. When
> straight down, it dropped rarely. When diagonally down (another room),
> dropped often. That includes "would not connect". And signal was
> always 5-15Mb Very Low.
>
> Comcast guy (really good!, and he isn't even supposed to mess with a
> router) changed names in case we had a local interfering router (I
> still had defaults, like many.) Since then, signal is 40-54 Mb,
> Good/Very Good! But sometimes it won't connect when laptop turned on,
> and it still drops ...sometimes is as close as I can say. It can work
> in AM, fail at Noon, come back later, fail later, etc.Rarely, it even
> backs off to, say, 5Mb, Very Low. It did that while Comcast was
> here...54 to 5 to 38 or so.
>
> Winbook and router bought 9/04. What are the odds that the laptop card
> or router are flawed? (Comcast and I would lean toward the router)
>
> I really don't want to go thru Linksys CS.
>
> Brad

Sounds like you are getting RF interference from something.

William Lee


"Avalanche" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> The reason for my posts on this router, firmware etc is that (never
> "is because:") the laptop is 2 floors down from router, 25 ft?. When
> straight down, it dropped rarely. When diagonally down (another room),
> dropped often. That includes "would not connect". And signal was
> always 5-15Mb Very Low.
>
> Comcast guy (really good!, and he isn't even supposed to mess with a
> router) changed names in case we had a local interfering router (I
> still had defaults, like many.) Since then, signal is 40-54 Mb,
> Good/Very Good! But sometimes it won't connect when laptop turned on,
> and it still drops ...sometimes is as close as I can say. It can work
> in AM, fail at Noon, come back later, fail later, etc.Rarely, it even
> backs off to, say, 5Mb, Very Low. It did that while Comcast was
> here...54 to 5 to 38 or so.
>
> Winbook and router bought 9/04. What are the odds that the laptop card
> or router are flawed? (Comcast and I would lean toward the router)
>
> I really don't want to go thru Linksys CS.
>
> Brad

On Mon, 16 May 2005 13:54:37 GMT, "Will-Lee-Cue" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Sounds like you are getting RF interference from something.
>
>William Lee

I've seen the "wi-fi finders", whatever the term. Will one of these or
another piece of equipment tell me whether I'm getting RF
interference?

Brad
>
>
>"Avalanche" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed).. .
>> The reason for my posts on this router, firmware etc is that (never
>> "is because:") the laptop is 2 floors down from router, 25 ft?. When
>> straight down, it dropped rarely. When diagonally down (another room),
>> dropped often. That includes "would not connect". And signal was
>> always 5-15Mb Very Low.
>>
>> Comcast guy (really good!, and he isn't even supposed to mess with a
>> router) changed names in case we had a local interfering router (I
>> still had defaults, like many.) Since then, signal is 40-54 Mb,
>> Good/Very Good! But sometimes it won't connect when laptop turned on,
>> and it still drops ...sometimes is as close as I can say. It can work
>> in AM, fail at Noon, come back later, fail later, etc.Rarely, it even
>> backs off to, say, 5Mb, Very Low. It did that while Comcast was
>> here...54 to 5 to 38 or so.
>>
>> Winbook and router bought 9/04. What are the odds that the laptop card
>> or router are flawed? (Comcast and I would lean toward the router)
>>
>> I really don't want to go thru Linksys CS.
>>
>> Brad
>