[gentoo-user] Wireless: Limit rate to strengthen connection?

[gentoo-user] Wireless: Limit rate to strengthen connection?

[Grant]

I'm trying to strengthen a wireless connection that spans about 150
feet and has to go through about 5 walls.  I bought two of these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833164110

for either end of the connection, but I'm having trouble making it
work well.  I've noticed the connection will be perfect for a short
time, but then disappear.  When watching iwconfig during this process,
it looks like the connection is good when on a low rate, but when it
goes to 54 Mbps it falls apart.

Should limiting the rate solve this problem?  If so, how can I do
that?  I'm using hostapd on the AP and wpa_supplicant on the client.

- Grant
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Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless: Limit rate to strengthen connection?

[Jerry McBride]

On Wednesday 26 March 2008 04:53:24 pm Grant wrote:
> I'm trying to strengthen a wireless connection that spans about 150
> feet and has to go through about 5 walls.  I bought two of these:
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833164110
>
> for either end of the connection, but I'm having trouble making it
> work well.  I've noticed the connection will be perfect for a short
> time, but then disappear.  When watching iwconfig during this process,
> it looks like the connection is good when on a low rate, but when it
> goes to 54 Mbps it falls apart.
>
> Should limiting the rate solve this problem?  If so, how can I do
> that?  I'm using hostapd on the AP and wpa_supplicant on the client.
>
> - Grant

Grant,

Yes, lowering the rate to a "slower" speed will help greatly.  The lower rates 
use less compression and modulation... less complex wave forms better 
connects over long hauls. 

The antennas look very good, but what's driving them? I use and whole 
heartedly endorse SENAO products and have had very good luck with these 
models:   ECB-3220 (400 mw) or 2611CB3 PLUS (200 mw) at: 
http://www.wlansolution.com. Either unit with the high gain antennas you 
have,  will penetrate what you stated and probably go pretty high on the 
speed scale doing it too.


Cheers.




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Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless: Limit rate to strengthen connection?

[Grant]

>  > I'm trying to strengthen a wireless connection that spans about 150
>  > feet and has to go through about 5 walls.  I bought two of these:
>  >
>  > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833164110
>  >
>  > for either end of the connection, but I'm having trouble making it
>  > work well.  I've noticed the connection will be perfect for a short
>  > time, but then disappear.  When watching iwconfig during this process,
>  > it looks like the connection is good when on a low rate, but when it
>  > goes to 54 Mbps it falls apart.
>  >
>  > Should limiting the rate solve this problem?  If so, how can I do
>  > that?  I'm using hostapd on the AP and wpa_supplicant on the client.
>  >
>  > - Grant
>
>  Grant,
>
>  Yes, lowering the rate to a "slower" speed will help greatly.  The lower rates
>  use less compression and modulation... less complex wave forms better
>  connects over long hauls.
>
>  The antennas look very good, but what's driving them? I use and whole
>  heartedly endorse SENAO products and have had very good luck with these
>  models:   ECB-3220 (400 mw) or 2611CB3 PLUS (200 mw) at:
>  http://www.wlansolution.com. Either unit with the high gain antennas you
>  have,  will penetrate what you stated and probably go pretty high on the
>  speed scale doing it too.

I'm using a Netgear PCI adapter on the AP and an Edimax USB adapter on
the client.  Do you know how I can limit the rate?  Should it be done
on the Gentoo AP or the client?

- Grant
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Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless: Limit rate to strengthen connection?

[Jerry McBride]

On Wednesday 26 March 2008 05:21:50 pm Grant wrote:
> >  > I'm trying to strengthen a wireless connection that spans about 150
> >  > feet and has to go through about 5 walls.  I bought two of these:
> >  >
> >  > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833164110
> >  >
> >  > for either end of the connection, but I'm having trouble making it
> >  > work well.  I've noticed the connection will be perfect for a short
> >  > time, but then disappear.  When watching iwconfig during this process,
> >  > it looks like the connection is good when on a low rate, but when it
> >  > goes to 54 Mbps it falls apart.
> >  >
> >  > Should limiting the rate solve this problem?  If so, how can I do
> >  > that?  I'm using hostapd on the AP and wpa_supplicant on the client.
> >  >
> >  > - Grant
> >
> >  Grant,
> >
> >  Yes, lowering the rate to a "slower" speed will help greatly.  The lower
> > rates use less compression and modulation... less complex wave forms
> > better connects over long hauls.
> >
> >  The antennas look very good, but what's driving them? I use and whole
> >  heartedly endorse SENAO products and have had very good luck with these
> >  models:   ECB-3220 (400 mw) or 2611CB3 PLUS (200 mw) at:
> >  http://www.wlansolution.com. Either unit with the high gain antennas you
> >  have,  will penetrate what you stated and probably go pretty high on the
> >  speed scale doing it too.
>
> I'm using a Netgear PCI adapter on the AP and an Edimax USB adapter on
> the client.  Do you know how I can limit the rate?  Should it be done
> on the Gentoo AP or the client?
>
> - Grant

I use wireless-tools from portage. In it is iwconfig. A simple man iwconfig 
will show you what you need. Other thing you could do is configure the 
Wireless AP for a fixed rate... works for me.

Cheers.







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Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless: Limit rate to strengthen connection?

[Grant]

>  > >  > I'm trying to strengthen a wireless connection that spans about 150
>  > >  > feet and has to go through about 5 walls.  I bought two of these:
>  > >  >
>  > >  > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833164110
>  > >  >
>  > >  > for either end of the connection, but I'm having trouble making it
>  > >  > work well.  I've noticed the connection will be perfect for a short
>  > >  > time, but then disappear.  When watching iwconfig during this process,
>  > >  > it looks like the connection is good when on a low rate, but when it
>  > >  > goes to 54 Mbps it falls apart.
>  > >  >
>  > >  > Should limiting the rate solve this problem?  If so, how can I do
>  > >  > that?  I'm using hostapd on the AP and wpa_supplicant on the client.
>  > >  >
>  > >  > - Grant
>  > >
>  > >  Grant,
>  > >
>  > >  Yes, lowering the rate to a "slower" speed will help greatly.  The lower
>  > > rates use less compression and modulation... less complex wave forms
>  > > better connects over long hauls.
>  > >
>  > >  The antennas look very good, but what's driving them? I use and whole
>  > >  heartedly endorse SENAO products and have had very good luck with these
>  > >  models:   ECB-3220 (400 mw) or 2611CB3 PLUS (200 mw) at:
>  > >  http://www.wlansolution.com. Either unit with the high gain antennas you
>  > >  have,  will penetrate what you stated and probably go pretty high on the
>  > >  speed scale doing it too.
>  >
>  > I'm using a Netgear PCI adapter on the AP and an Edimax USB adapter on
>  > the client.  Do you know how I can limit the rate?  Should it be done
>  > on the Gentoo AP or the client?
>  >
>  > - Grant
>
>  I use wireless-tools from portage. In it is iwconfig. A simple man iwconfig
>  will show you what you need. Other thing you could do is configure the
>  Wireless AP for a fixed rate... works for me.

I found this:

rate_wlan0=( "5.5M" )

which isn't documented in net.wireless, but it doesn't seem to have
any affect.  I've tried it on the router and the client which uses
wpa_supplicant.  I still see the rate on the client fluctuate all the
way up to 54 Mb/s in the output from iwconfig.  The router's rate is
always reported as 0 kb/s.

- Grant
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Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless: Limit rate to strengthen connection?

[Grant]

> >  > >  > I'm trying to strengthen a wireless connection that spans about 150
>  >  > >  > feet and has to go through about 5 walls.  I bought two of these:
>  >  > >  >
>  >  > >  > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833164110
>  >  > >  >
>  >  > >  > for either end of the connection, but I'm having trouble making it
>  >  > >  > work well.  I've noticed the connection will be perfect for a short
>  >  > >  > time, but then disappear.  When watching iwconfig during this process,
>  >  > >  > it looks like the connection is good when on a low rate, but when it
>  >  > >  > goes to 54 Mbps it falls apart.
>  >  > >  >
>  >  > >  > Should limiting the rate solve this problem?  If so, how can I do
>  >  > >  > that?  I'm using hostapd on the AP and wpa_supplicant on the client.
>  >  > >  >
>  >  > >  > - Grant
>  >  > >
>  >  > >  Grant,
>  >  > >
>  >  > >  Yes, lowering the rate to a "slower" speed will help greatly.  The lower
>  >  > > rates use less compression and modulation... less complex wave forms
>  >  > > better connects over long hauls.
>  >  > >
>  >  > >  The antennas look very good, but what's driving them? I use and whole
>  >  > >  heartedly endorse SENAO products and have had very good luck with these
>  >  > >  models:   ECB-3220 (400 mw) or 2611CB3 PLUS (200 mw) at:
>  >  > >  http://www.wlansolution.com. Either unit with the high gain antennas you
>  >  > >  have,  will penetrate what you stated and probably go pretty high on the
>  >  > >  speed scale doing it too.
>  >  >
>  >  > I'm using a Netgear PCI adapter on the AP and an Edimax USB adapter on
>  >  > the client.  Do you know how I can limit the rate?  Should it be done
>  >  > on the Gentoo AP or the client?
>  >  >
>  >  > - Grant
>  >
>  >  I use wireless-tools from portage. In it is iwconfig. A simple man iwconfig
>  >  will show you what you need. Other thing you could do is configure the
>  >  Wireless AP for a fixed rate... works for me.
>
>  I found this:
>
>  rate_wlan0=( "5.5M" )
>
>  which isn't documented in net.wireless, but it doesn't seem to have
>  any affect.  I've tried it on the router and the client which uses
>  wpa_supplicant.  I still see the rate on the client fluctuate all the
>  way up to 54 Mb/s in the output from iwconfig.  The router's rate is
>  always reported as 0 kb/s.
>
>  - Grant

It appears 'iwconfig wlan0 rate 11M' works (at least as far as the
output from iwconfig is concerned) but how can I set /etc/conf.d/net
to always use this rate?

- Grant
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Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless: Limit rate to strengthen connection?

[Richard Marzan]

On Wed, 2008-03-26 at 19:52 -0700, Grant wrote:
> > >  > >  > I'm trying to strengthen a wireless connection that spans about 150
> >  >  > >  > feet and has to go through about 5 walls.  I bought two of these:
> >  >  > >  >
> >  >  > >  > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833164110
> >  >  > >  >
> >  >  > >  > for either end of the connection, but I'm having trouble making it
> >  >  > >  > work well.  I've noticed the connection will be perfect for a short
> >  >  > >  > time, but then disappear.  When watching iwconfig during this process,
> >  >  > >  > it looks like the connection is good when on a low rate, but when it
> >  >  > >  > goes to 54 Mbps it falls apart.
> >  >  > >  >
> >  >  > >  > Should limiting the rate solve this problem?  If so, how can I do
> >  >  > >  > that?  I'm using hostapd on the AP and wpa_supplicant on the client.
> >  >  > >  >
> >  >  > >  > - Grant
> >  >  > >
> >  >  > >  Grant,
> >  >  > >
> >  >  > >  Yes, lowering the rate to a "slower" speed will help greatly.  The lower
> >  >  > > rates use less compression and modulation... less complex wave forms
> >  >  > > better connects over long hauls.
> >  >  > >
> >  >  > >  The antennas look very good, but what's driving them? I use and whole
> >  >  > >  heartedly endorse SENAO products and have had very good luck with these
> >  >  > >  models:   ECB-3220 (400 mw) or 2611CB3 PLUS (200 mw) at:
> >  >  > >  http://www.wlansolution.com. Either unit with the high gain antennas you
> >  >  > >  have,  will penetrate what you stated and probably go pretty high on the
> >  >  > >  speed scale doing it too.
> >  >  >
> >  >  > I'm using a Netgear PCI adapter on the AP and an Edimax USB adapter on
> >  >  > the client.  Do you know how I can limit the rate?  Should it be done
> >  >  > on the Gentoo AP or the client?
> >  >  >
> >  >  > - Grant
> >  >
> >  >  I use wireless-tools from portage. In it is iwconfig. A simple man iwconfig
> >  >  will show you what you need. Other thing you could do is configure the
> >  >  Wireless AP for a fixed rate... works for me.
> >
> >  I found this:
> >
> >  rate_wlan0=( "5.5M" )
> >
> >  which isn't documented in net.wireless, but it doesn't seem to have
> >  any affect.  I've tried it on the router and the client which uses
> >  wpa_supplicant.  I still see the rate on the client fluctuate all the
> >  way up to 54 Mb/s in the output from iwconfig.  The router's rate is
> >  always reported as 0 kb/s.
> >
> >  - Grant
> 
> It appears 'iwconfig wlan0 rate 11M' works (at least as far as the
> output from iwconfig is concerned) but how can I set /etc/conf.d/net
> to always use this rate?
> 
> - Grant

The best way I found to do this is to just write your own script and run
it at the default runlevel. write a script called wireless-up save it in
your /root directory. Then in /etc/conf.d/local.start add the script
name to the list: /root/wireless-up. Make sure the script is executable
with chmod 666 /root/wireless-up. Here is what mine looks like. I laugh
when I read this thing that I call a script. I'll be upgrading this in
the future but for now maybe someone has a better idea and/or script.

#!/bin/bash
DATE=`date +%m_%d_%Y`
ifconfig wlan0 up || "echo wlan up failed"
iwconfig wlan0 essid ACCESSPOINTNAME || "echo setting essid failed"
iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed || echo "setting mode to managed failed"
iwconfig wlan0 key restricted YOURKEYHERE || echo "key failed
verification"
dhclient wlan0 || echo "wlan0 failed to receive dhcp request response"
# if [ $DATE -ne `date +%m_%d_%Y -r /tmp/.wireless.*
rm /tmp/.wireless.* 
iwconfig >> /tmp/.wireless.$DATE
exit 0



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Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless: Limit rate to strengthen connection?

[Florian Philipp]

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On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 20:42 -0400, Richard Marzan wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-03-26 at 19:52 -0700, Grant wrote:
> > > >  > >  > I'm trying to strengthen a wireless connection that spans about 150
> > >  >  > >  > feet and has to go through about 5 walls.  I bought two of these:
> > >  >  > >  >
> > >  >  > >  > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833164110
> > >  >  > >  >
> > >  >  > >  > for either end of the connection, but I'm having trouble making it
> > >  >  > >  > work well.  I've noticed the connection will be perfect for a short
> > >  >  > >  > time, but then disappear.  When watching iwconfig during this process,
> > >  >  > >  > it looks like the connection is good when on a low rate, but when it
> > >  >  > >  > goes to 54 Mbps it falls apart.
> > >  >  > >  >
> > >  >  > >  > Should limiting the rate solve this problem?  If so, how can I do
> > >  >  > >  > that?  I'm using hostapd on the AP and wpa_supplicant on the client.
> > >  >  > >  >
> > >  >  > >  > - Grant
> > >  >  > >
> > >  >  > >  Grant,
> > >  >  > >
> > >  >  > >  Yes, lowering the rate to a "slower" speed will help greatly.  The lower
> > >  >  > > rates use less compression and modulation... less complex wave forms
> > >  >  > > better connects over long hauls.
> > >  >  > >
> > >  >  > >  The antennas look very good, but what's driving them? I use and whole
> > >  >  > >  heartedly endorse SENAO products and have had very good luck with these
> > >  >  > >  models:   ECB-3220 (400 mw) or 2611CB3 PLUS (200 mw) at:
> > >  >  > >  http://www.wlansolution.com. Either unit with the high gain antennas you
> > >  >  > >  have,  will penetrate what you stated and probably go pretty high on the
> > >  >  > >  speed scale doing it too.
> > >  >  >
> > >  >  > I'm using a Netgear PCI adapter on the AP and an Edimax USB adapter on
> > >  >  > the client.  Do you know how I can limit the rate?  Should it be done
> > >  >  > on the Gentoo AP or the client?
> > >  >  >
> > >  >  > - Grant
> > >  >
> > >  >  I use wireless-tools from portage. In it is iwconfig. A simple man iwconfig
> > >  >  will show you what you need. Other thing you could do is configure the
> > >  >  Wireless AP for a fixed rate... works for me.
> > >
> > >  I found this:
> > >
> > >  rate_wlan0=( "5.5M" )
> > >
> > >  which isn't documented in net.wireless, but it doesn't seem to have
> > >  any affect.  I've tried it on the router and the client which uses
> > >  wpa_supplicant.  I still see the rate on the client fluctuate all the
> > >  way up to 54 Mb/s in the output from iwconfig.  The router's rate is
> > >  always reported as 0 kb/s.
> > >
> > >  - Grant
> > 
> > It appears 'iwconfig wlan0 rate 11M' works (at least as far as the
> > output from iwconfig is concerned) but how can I set /etc/conf.d/net
> > to always use this rate?
> > 
> > - Grant
> 
> The best way I found to do this is to just write your own script and run
> it at the default runlevel. write a script called wireless-up save it in
> your /root directory. Then in /etc/conf.d/local.start add the script
> name to the list: /root/wireless-up. Make sure the script is executable
> with chmod 666 /root/wireless-up. Here is what mine looks like. I laugh
> when I read this thing that I call a script. I'll be upgrading this in
> the future but for now maybe someone has a better idea and/or script.
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> DATE=`date +%m_%d_%Y`
> ifconfig wlan0 up || "echo wlan up failed"
> iwconfig wlan0 essid ACCESSPOINTNAME || "echo setting essid failed"
> iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed || echo "setting mode to managed failed"
> iwconfig wlan0 key restricted YOURKEYHERE || echo "key failed
> verification"
> dhclient wlan0 || echo "wlan0 failed to receive dhcp request response"
> # if [ $DATE -ne `date +%m_%d_%Y -r /tmp/.wireless.*
> rm /tmp/.wireless.* 
> iwconfig >> /tmp/.wireless.$DATE
> exit 0
> 
> 
> 

For custom scrips, you can add a preup, failup or postup-function
to /etc/conf.d/net, there should be examples in the file.

Something like

pastup() {
      if [[ ${IFACE} = "wlan0" ]]; then
              iwconfig [...]
      fi
      return 0
}

should work.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless: Limit rate to strengthen connection?

[Florian Philipp]

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On Fri, 2008-03-28 at 19:02 +0100, Florian Philipp wrote:

> > 
> 
> For custom scrips, you can add a preup, failup or postup-function
> to /etc/conf.d/net, there should be examples in the file.
> 
> Something like
> 
> pastup() {
>       if [[ ${IFACE} = "wlan0" ]]; then
>               iwconfig [...]
>       fi
>       return 0
> }
> 
> should work.

postup(), not pastup()

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Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless: Limit rate to strengthen connection?

[Aleksey V. Kunitskiy]

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On Friday 28 March 2008, Florian Philipp wrote:
> pastup() {
>       if [[ ${IFACE} = "wlan0" ]]; then
>               iwconfig [...]
>       fi
>       return 0
> }
>
> should work.

Nice tip, thanks.
I don't understand why config_SSID and config_ETH (or iwconfig_) can't handle 
it.
Is there a bug on bugzilla for this? My search didn't give me any result.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless: Limit rate to strengthen connection?

[Grant]

>  > I'm trying to strengthen a wireless connection that spans about 150
>  > feet and has to go through about 5 walls.  I bought two of these:
>  >
>  > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833164110
>  >
>  > for either end of the connection, but I'm having trouble making it
>  > work well.  I've noticed the connection will be perfect for a short
>  > time, but then disappear.  When watching iwconfig during this process,
>  > it looks like the connection is good when on a low rate, but when it
>  > goes to 54 Mbps it falls apart.
>  >
>  > Should limiting the rate solve this problem?  If so, how can I do
>  > that?  I'm using hostapd on the AP and wpa_supplicant on the client.
>  >
>  > - Grant
>
>  Grant,
>
>  Yes, lowering the rate to a "slower" speed will help greatly.  The lower rates
>  use less compression and modulation... less complex wave forms better
>  connects over long hauls.
>
>  The antennas look very good, but what's driving them? I use and whole
>  heartedly endorse SENAO products and have had very good luck with these
>  models:   ECB-3220 (400 mw) or 2611CB3 PLUS (200 mw) at:
>  http://www.wlansolution.com. Either unit with the high gain antennas you
>  have,  will penetrate what you stated and probably go pretty high on the
>  speed scale doing it too.

With careful antenna placement and use of 'iwconfig wlan0 rate 2M' I
have a nice reliable connection.  Thanks for the advice on lowering
the rate.

Does anyone think I would be better off with a 15 foot antenna
extension cable and a PCI adapter than what I have now which is a USB
adapter on the end of a 15 foot USB cable?  I know antenna cables are
lossy.

- Grant
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Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless: Limit rate to strengthen connection?

[Grant]

>  > I'm trying to strengthen a wireless connection that spans about 150
>  > feet and has to go through about 5 walls.  I bought two of these:
>  >
>  > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833164110
>  >
>  > for either end of the connection, but I'm having trouble making it
>  > work well.  I've noticed the connection will be perfect for a short
>  > time, but then disappear.  When watching iwconfig during this process,
>  > it looks like the connection is good when on a low rate, but when it
>  > goes to 54 Mbps it falls apart.
>  >
>  > Should limiting the rate solve this problem?  If so, how can I do
>  > that?  I'm using hostapd on the AP and wpa_supplicant on the client.
>  >
>  > - Grant
>
>  Grant,
>
>  Yes, lowering the rate to a "slower" speed will help greatly.  The lower rates
>  use less compression and modulation... less complex wave forms better
>  connects over long hauls.
>
>  The antennas look very good, but what's driving them? I use and whole
>  heartedly endorse SENAO products and have had very good luck with these
>  models:   ECB-3220 (400 mw) or 2611CB3 PLUS (200 mw) at:
>  http://www.wlansolution.com. Either unit with the high gain antennas you
>  have,  will penetrate what you stated and probably go pretty high on the
>  speed scale doing it too.

Should the adapter itself make a lot of difference when driving an
external antenna?  I think I'm going to use one of these with my
laptop and an external antenna and I may need to pick up weak signals:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833315075

Does anyone know of a strong antenna that is more portable than this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833164110

I'm mainly concerned with how much space it will take up in carry-on luggage.

- Grant
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Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless: Limit rate to strengthen connection?

[Mark Knecht]

On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 1:53 PM, Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to strengthen a wireless connection that spans about 150
>  feet and has to go through about 5 walls.  I bought two of these:
>
>  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833164110
>
>  for either end of the connection, but I'm having trouble making it
>  work well.  I've noticed the connection will be perfect for a short
>  time, but then disappear.  When watching iwconfig during this process,
>  it looks like the connection is good when on a low rate, but when it
>  goes to 54 Mbps it falls apart.
>
>  Should limiting the rate solve this problem?  If so, how can I do
>  that?  I'm using hostapd on the AP and wpa_supplicant on the client.
>
>  - Grant

It might but it didn't for me. I eventually bought 4 of these LinkSys
Wireless Access Point units and placed them in strategic locations to
get around the problems I was having.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833124012

They have worked very well for me but occasionally I have folks in my
neighborhood getting attached to my network and I have to forcibly
drive them off. I run these in their 'bridging' mode and don't use any
Linux wireless. All my Gentoo machines use wired networks talking to
these boxes or the router directly.

Hope this helps,
Mark
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