[MLB-WIRELESS] DLink 900+ speed problems in bridge mode (and link up!)

[rik]

any idea when dlink will allow us to set our 900+'s to 1,2,5.5,5.5,11,22
instead of the ranges?
----- Original Message -----
From: <bchild at wireless.org.au>
To: <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 12:06 PM
Subject: RE: [MLB-WIRELESS] DLink 900+ speed problems in bridge mode (and
link up!)


> Hi All,
>
> I to have had this problem as have a few other ppl I know that are
> installing these 900+ devices, though mine seemed fine @ 11Mbps, I didn't
> check it @ 22Mbps no time, the link i currently have running is over
> 1.5km's and is only 5.5Mbps on a 256bit WEP key.
>
> It seems if I changed to 1Mbps1 or 22Mbps that I get a rough packet loss
> of 7% constantly.  1 thing I did find interesting was when installing
> these devices that the default rate and the tx rate are oppisite ends of
> the scale, ie default is 1-2, and the tx is 22-11-5.5-2-1, changing this
> figures makes a difference in the links reliabilty, as a node I visited in
> Altona found out..
>
> Check your rates, check ur firmware, check ur antenna settings.
>
> currently I'm running firmware 2.52, rates of 5.5-2-1 on tx & default, and
> the antenna is set to right.
>
> Regards Glen
> (Nodes AAC,FTA)
>
> > Regardless of that, surely there can't be so much noise in your area to
> > cause 5.5 Mbps to be the highest rate, unless I'm missing something? If
> > you can't get 22 Mbps with the stock antennas, and the access points
> > sitting a few metres apart (with nothing in between), there must be
> > something wrong with one (or both) of the devices?
>
>
>
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