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Author Topic: Lousy wireless statistics  (Read 4607 times)

solara

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Lousy wireless statistics
« on: May 04, 2010, 06:48:09 PM »

Using a DIR-655 A4 1.33NA firmware getting the following statistic results:

up time 1 day 59mins
TX packets dropped: 1800
RX packets dropped: 1437
Errors: 262

Any ideas folks?? It appears that there is something on the wireless side that is totally lacking stability.

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Krusher

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Re: Lousy wireless statistics
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2010, 06:59:09 PM »

I would suspect interference from another device or router, or your signal is weak on the PC.  Have you used a scanning program such as Inssider as suggested elsewhere on the forum to scan your channels?
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solara

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Re: Lousy wireless statistics
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2010, 07:18:12 AM »

When I started having issues with this I downloaded InSSider. I did move my router from channel 11 to channel 6 due to the fact there were several other AP units on channel 11. I was getting these error prior to downloading the InSSider program. Hence the reason I changed the wireless channel. My signal from the laptop is either "excellent" or "very good". Any other ideas??
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Krusher

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Re: Lousy wireless statistics
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2010, 10:53:45 PM »

Did it just start acting up one day or is this problem on a new installation?

Under your "Wireless Network Settings" configuration, I would use "802.11n and 802.11g" unless you have an old .11b device, which is unlikely.
Set your channel width to 20MHz for now; if you have competing WiFi in the area it's unlikely you're going to get a clean 2nd channel anyway.
Under "Advanced Wireless", also uncheck "Extra Wireless Protection" as that applies to .11b devices which aren't real popular anymore.

How does channel #1 look?  If you have crowded airspace, you might get better results with the in-between channels such as 3-4 or 8-9.  Do you have more than one WiFi device?  It could be a bad router too, not ruling anything out yet.
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solara

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Re: Lousy wireless statistics
« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2010, 07:56:24 PM »

Trying channel 9 for one night. What I have found is my d/l speed when using the wired NIC is close to 20mbps... sad to say when connected wireless I only get around 5 -6 mbps... My router is brand new maybe 3 weeks old.. I had an A2 that died on me about 3 weeks ago.. now have the same router but the A4 hardware rev with 1.33NA. Guess we'll see what happens in the next few days..
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Krusher

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Re: Lousy wireless statistics
« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2010, 08:09:17 PM »

So the old one worked about like wired but the new one is slow with lots of errors?  I guess you'll have to see what happens on ch 9 as you're doing already...
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