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[uwscsi]

I am still trying to get the DAP-1522 to perform well together with the DIR-855, but so far I think the DAP-1522 is a piece of sh§t.

When setting up the DAP-1522 in bridge mode I get stunning 5% signal on the 5 GHz band and 65% on the 2.4 GHz band. Speed is for both bands under 20 Mbps

At the same time, a laptop from Asus gets 100% signal and 130 Mbps right away...

I am VERY disappointed with the DAP-1522. Save your money and the hazzle.

[FurryNutz]

Well you have to understand that these devices are limited by the power output of the radios and really don't go that far, specially on 5Ghz and if external conditions are well. How far can you get on signal if you switch to 2.4Ghz on Singe N at 10Meters?

I think your trying to place the 2 devices to far apart. Seems like your trying to extend the range of the DAP as far as it can however the distance in between is too far. I think your best bet would be 5 meters or less.

[uwscsi]

Honestly, if the DAP-1522 and DIR-855 should only be 5 meters apart, I would use a wired cable, but I can not.
How come a laptop has better signal ratio and speed than the DAP-1522 that is specially designed for the task setting up a wireless bridge?

[FurryNutz]

Honestly, your talking two different items of equipment here. So lets try this, each Dlink device has a certain sweet spot for broadcast the WiFi radio signal. Each one starts to drop off signal and range when you get farther way from the source. Trying to relay and bridge the source signal, the device that is trying to relay, extend or bridge the source signal is having to maintain this signal and probably by design, is going to degrade the signal only if it's getting a bad signal or the noise and interferrence is bad due to the distance considerations. If your placing the relay device towards the farthest way from the sources farthest signal range, then the relaying device will probably not get the best signal it should be getting and it will probably fail to provide the continued and relayed signal that your hoping for. So you need to probably place the DAP closer to the source signal to ensure your getting the best signal into the DAP so it can relay and rebroadcast a good signal down the line. If the DAP is not getting a good signal, then what we used to say in the military, Garbage in, Garbage out.

What kind of streaming are you trying to do? Full on 1080p BluRay or just DVD or internet, or netflix?
I did some testing yesterday. This is a limitation of my Boxee however I did try to stream Blu-ray content from my server over 2.4Ghz N only and the Boxee would keep re-buffering. I hoped that single mode N at 2.4Ghz would be enough, it's not. Unfortunately the Boxee only supports 2.4Ghz wireless so I can't test to see if 5Ghz would work. However streaming from Netflix and other sources worked very well and the boxee didn't re-buffer during non blu-ray movies. I have a DGL-4500 set up as and AP connected to a DIR-825. The limitation of the Boxee to be able to do 5Ghz and the large amount of data in the BD files is to much for 2.4Ghz however other Internet streaming and netflix was very good for 2.4Ghz and boxee.

I would recommend that you give 2.4Ghz a try first and see if what your needs are will be satisfied by 2.4Ghz instead of 5Ghz. Not all streaming needs 5Ghz. The range on 2.4Ghz might help with your distance and may get you better range between the DAP and DIR. Or you need to move the DAP closer to the DIR to maintain that sweet spot.

Honestly, i do prefer using wired over wireless. I do understand that not everyone can do that and it's not feasible. Just wired can handle so much more then wireless.

[uwscsi]

I just might have misunderstood the purpose of a wireless bridge, so please comment on this simple configuration:

DIR-855 WLAN router, delivering wireless access to clients connected to the network.
DAP-1522 AccessPoint, configured as a Bridge, 4 clients connected with cable (TV, Boxee, Blu-Ray and PVR).
DIR-855 and DAP-1522 are connected using WLAN, N-standard, WPA2/AES only.

I suppose the DIR-855 and the DAP-1522 are communication over the WLAN the same way
the DIR-855 and a laptop does? Only difference is that the DAP-1522 handles a set of 4 wired clients...

If this is not the case, what is?

[FurryNutz]

You are correct. And that set up should work well. Just the placement of the DAP in relation to the DIR is the key here.

[uwscsi]

So, Why does a random Laptop get 100% signal ratio and speed over 200 Mbps from the same location as the DAP-1522, who gets maximum 50 % signal?

From my point of view there is something serious wrong with the design of the DAP-1522... Maybe it should have had an external antenna...

[FurryNutz]

It's possible that the LT has a better antenna and better setup. I don't know. Again, these are 2 different devices. How does the DAP do on 2.4Ghz vs 5Ghz from the same location? Does the DAP have a connection for an external antenna? Other way to test is to put a different bridge device on and see how it performs.

[uwscsi]

D-link has approved an exchange for the DAP-1522... I will get a new one soon and hope it solves the issue...

[FurryNutz]

Let us know how it goes.