I am doing about 4 times that distance with one Yagi, but you should at least get one good antenna if you want a reliable signal...as Redhawk said. _________________ SIG:
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I was about to place an order for the HP-G54 when I noticed that compared to my current WL-520GU and it seems to have pretty much the same specs except for the Broadcom chipset (5354 on the Asus vs. 5352 on the Buffalo).
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Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 16:26 Post subject:
Titus Pullo wrote:
I was about to place an order for the HP-G54 when I noticed that compared to my current WL-520GU and it seems to have pretty much the same specs except for the Broadcom chipset (5354 on the Asus vs. 5352 on the Buffalo).
But I guess its the internal amp that matters.
Yeah...they are similar...the 520GU and the WHR-G125 are the same device (except Asus has the USB port added)
But...the internal amp is what makes the HP so much better.
redhawk _________________ The only stupid question....is the unasked one.
I had my TX power sitting at around 4mW initially, and then I tried increasing it gradually by 1mW. At 4mW I was able to get about 60-65% signal strength.
When I increased to 5mW the results were identical, but when I increased to 6mW there was a bit of a jump. Now I'm getting 65-70% signal strength. After that, I tried increasing to 8, 12, and 28mW. In all of those scenarios, my signal strength remained at around 65-70%. Am I missing something? I thought if I were to increase it to at least 28mW I would see somewhere around 80-90% signal strength. Does anyone know how I can improve my signal strength without physically altering the router?
WG _________________ Linksys E3000(stock) - Access Point
Linksys WRT320N modded to E2000(v24-17084_NEWD-2_K2.6_mini) - Wireless Bridge
Does anyone know how I can improve my signal strength without physically altering the router?
WG
Signal strength isn't what you are after. throughput is. I get full throughput with a 10-15% connection. _________________ SIG:
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