Thanks for making your Pictures smaller. I'm tired of scrolling side to side to see all of this.
Dude, get a bigger monitor!
well - my 12V 5A power supplies came yesterday....
Turns out the connector (size and polarity) is a perfect match so no cutting and soldering for me!! (wrt310N)
Immediately, I picked up a 10% improvement in my overall signal between my WRT310N AP and WRT310N CB - from 40% to 44-46%. My signal strength increased and my noise number decreased.
During file transfers I no longer see any chopiness in the dd-wrt or the IPERF graphs. Almost perfect straight lines.
Both units are running fine - no extra heat has been noticed.
I did not have any reboot issues before so I cant comment on this.
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I tried increasing my transmit power on my WRT310N's from the 40Mw I had been using back to the default of 70Mw.
Note: I had been using 40Mw as this gave me the most stable connection. Signal was not that strong but it gave the best throughput - I assume due to the cleaner signal.
With both my AP and CB ( both wrt310n's) set at 70Mw - I am getting the best signal strength I have ever seen as well as the best SNR and signal numbers I have ever seen with this device. The units are running slightly warmer (to the touch) but I dont see cause for concern here.
My guess is the radio is now able to generate a clean signal (no clipping or distortion) at the higher settings.
Another note: The stock PSU that came with the WRT310N was 1.0A
At this point I would highly reccomend to anyone to try a better power supply
I'm going to give this a try. I actually have a PS with these exact specs that came with one of my old Via MiniITX boxes. Hopefully I don't get any dropouts I'll let you all know! _________________
1 X WNDR3300 - 12387-mini (main router/AP)
3 X WRT310N V1 - 12319-mini (RB)
1 X WRT300N V1 - 10011-mini (RB)
1 X WRT54GS V6 - 10012-mini (RB)
1 X WRT54GL V1.1 - 12288-mini (RB)
Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 1476 Location: New York, USA
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 15:35 Post subject:
phusion1337 wrote:
dellsweig wrote:
dellsweig wrote:
greekstile wrote:
Blazian wrote:
Thanks for making your Pictures smaller. I'm tired of scrolling side to side to see all of this.
Dude, get a bigger monitor!
well - my 12V 5A power supplies came yesterday....
Turns out the connector (size and polarity) is a perfect match so no cutting and soldering for me!! (wrt310N)
Immediately, I picked up a 10% improvement in my overall signal between my WRT310N AP and WRT310N CB - from 40% to 44-46%. My signal strength increased and my noise number decreased.
During file transfers I no longer see any chopiness in the dd-wrt or the IPERF graphs. Almost perfect straight lines.
Both units are running fine - no extra heat has been noticed.
I did not have any reboot issues before so I cant comment on this.
More information
I tried increasing my transmit power on my WRT310N's from the 40Mw I had been using back to the default of 70Mw.
Note: I had been using 40Mw as this gave me the most stable connection. Signal was not that strong but it gave the best throughput - I assume due to the cleaner signal.
With both my AP and CB ( both wrt310n's) set at 70Mw - I am getting the best signal strength I have ever seen as well as the best SNR and signal numbers I have ever seen with this device. The units are running slightly warmer (to the touch) but I dont see cause for concern here.
My guess is the radio is now able to generate a clean signal (no clipping or distortion) at the higher settings.
Another note: The stock PSU that came with the WRT310N was 1.0A
At this point I would highly reccomend to anyone to try a better power supply
I'm going to give this a try. I actually have a PS with these exact specs that came with one of my old Via MiniITX boxes. Hopefully I don't get any dropouts I'll let you all know!
Update:
My WRT310N's have been up 2 1/2 days now with the new power supplies and the increased transmit power.
NO ISSUES at all - signal has been rock solid, no drops. Wireless signal looks real nice on the graphs. No heat issues at all.
Has anyone tried a new PS on a system that had been randomly dropping wireless or rebooting??
I had replaced the PS last night with a 5 amp PS. The signal overall seemed a bit better. Unfortunately when I woke up this morning, I was unable to ping my main router/AP, or the internet.
When I looked on my 310n RB's status page it said I still had a signal, but was unable to ping my gateway :(
This was using SP1 by the way. I had thought these problems were non existent in SP1 but it seems I was wrong. I'm going to put a SP2 build back sometime later today and see if the new PS, in conjunction with this offers better results with staying online.
I have an alternate 310n I'm not using at the moment that I will also try just to see if it's the unit itself. _________________
1 X WNDR3300 - 12387-mini (main router/AP)
3 X WRT310N V1 - 12319-mini (RB)
1 X WRT300N V1 - 10011-mini (RB)
1 X WRT54GS V6 - 10012-mini (RB)
1 X WRT54GL V1.1 - 12288-mini (RB)
Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 1476 Location: New York, USA
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 15:55 Post subject:
phusion1337 wrote:
I had replaced the PS last night with a 5 amp PS. The signal overall seemed a bit better. Unfortunately when I woke up this morning, I was unable to ping my main router/AP, or the internet.
When I looked on my 310n RB's status page it said I still had a signal, but was unable to ping my gateway :(
This was using SP1 by the way. I had thought these problems were non existent in SP1 but it seems I was wrong. I'm going to put a SP2 build back sometime later today and see if the new PS, in conjunction with this offers better results with staying online.
I have an alternate 310n I'm not using at the moment that I will also try just to see if it's the unit itself.
Apples to apples is a good test.
Most folks on this forum are using current sp2 builds - personally, I have the latest BS build running on all my boxes.
I had replaced the PS last night with a 5 amp PS. The signal overall seemed a bit better. Unfortunately when I woke up this morning, I was unable to ping my main router/AP, or the internet.
When I looked on my 310n RB's status page it said I still had a signal, but was unable to ping my gateway :(
This was using SP1 by the way. I had thought these problems were non existent in SP1 but it seems I was wrong. I'm going to put a SP2 build back sometime later today and see if the new PS, in conjunction with this offers better results with staying online.
I have an alternate 310n I'm not using at the moment that I will also try just to see if it's the unit itself.
Apples to apples is a good test.
Most folks on this forum are using current sp2 builds - personally, I have the latest BS build running on all my boxes.
Yes I was having a bit of trouble with the SP2 builds, so reverted to SP1. Going to try SP2 again with the new PS a bit later today. What build are you currently running? I'd like to try whatever you're having current success with. Last I tried on the 310 was BS 12318, which is the latest in the Peacock thread. Are you running something a bit more bleeding edge? _________________
1 X WNDR3300 - 12387-mini (main router/AP)
3 X WRT310N V1 - 12319-mini (RB)
1 X WRT300N V1 - 10011-mini (RB)
1 X WRT54GS V6 - 10012-mini (RB)
1 X WRT54GL V1.1 - 12288-mini (RB)
Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 1476 Location: New York, USA
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 17:13 Post subject:
phusion1337 wrote:
dellsweig wrote:
phusion1337 wrote:
I had replaced the PS last night with a 5 amp PS. The signal overall seemed a bit better. Unfortunately when I woke up this morning, I was unable to ping my main router/AP, or the internet.
When I looked on my 310n RB's status page it said I still had a signal, but was unable to ping my gateway :(
This was using SP1 by the way. I had thought these problems were non existent in SP1 but it seems I was wrong. I'm going to put a SP2 build back sometime later today and see if the new PS, in conjunction with this offers better results with staying online.
I have an alternate 310n I'm not using at the moment that I will also try just to see if it's the unit itself.
Apples to apples is a good test.
Most folks on this forum are using current sp2 builds - personally, I have the latest BS build running on all my boxes.
Yes I was having a bit of trouble with the SP2 builds, so reverted to SP1. Going to try SP2 again with the new PS a bit later today. What build are you currently running? I'd like to try whatever you're having current success with. Last I tried on the 310 was BS 12318, which is the latest in the Peacock thread. Are you running something a bit more bleeding edge?
Got it. Just upgraded. 30/30/30 before and after. One thing I forgot to ask, are you using TKIP? I'm using WPA2/TKIP. If I get a drop off with the upgrade I'm going to switch it with another unit that I have sitting idle. _________________
1 X WNDR3300 - 12387-mini (main router/AP)
3 X WRT310N V1 - 12319-mini (RB)
1 X WRT300N V1 - 10011-mini (RB)
1 X WRT54GS V6 - 10012-mini (RB)
1 X WRT54GL V1.1 - 12288-mini (RB)
Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 1476 Location: New York, USA
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 17:30 Post subject:
phusion1337 wrote:
Got it. Just upgraded. 30/30/30 before and after. One thing I forgot to ask, are you using TKIP? I'm using WPA2/TKIP. If I get a drop off with the upgrade I'm going to switch it with another unit that I have sitting idle.
Unfortunately I am seeing the same results with the 5A PS and SP2 (dropouts.) It's odd, the device is pingable, just not the gateway. If I reconnect in the GUI it's fine (but who wants to do that?)
I'm going to attempt to swap out the unit with a spare to see if that changes anything. _________________
1 X WNDR3300 - 12387-mini (main router/AP)
3 X WRT310N V1 - 12319-mini (RB)
1 X WRT300N V1 - 10011-mini (RB)
1 X WRT54GS V6 - 10012-mini (RB)
1 X WRT54GL V1.1 - 12288-mini (RB)
Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 1476 Location: New York, USA
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 21:28 Post subject:
phusion1337 wrote:
Unfortunately I am seeing the same results with the 5A PS and SP2 (dropouts.) It's odd, the device is pingable, just not the gateway. If I reconnect in the GUI it's fine (but who wants to do that?)
I'm going to attempt to swap out the unit with a spare to see if that changes anything.
My test configuration is
WRT310N (AP) ----> WRT310n (CB) --> hardwired pc
I run N only, 40Mhz , wpa2 aes/tkip, 70Mw. I get rcok solid 270Mbps.
I ran a ping plotter graph from the pc to the AP - 24 hours no missed pings (ping every 10 seconds)
Both WRT310N's have the 5a power supply.
IPERF graphs and wireless monitor graphs show no drops in the wireless as well
Joined: 17 Apr 2009 Posts: 627 Location: Philadelphia, PA
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 21:28 Post subject:
@phusion - They are the EXACT same problems I had with my 310n in CB mode... I actually just quit using it and switched to a USB adapter instead and it works perfectly (and faster, believe it or not)! No more disconnects!
Linksys is REALLY going downhill lately... I was just over on the Linksys forums and it seems the linksys stock firmware has many issues as well, especially on the 310n and 610n.
I wish my D-Link DIR-825 router was supported by DD-WRT - that router is soooo much better than the 610n!
Hell, the linksys routers don't even support jumbo frames either...
Joined: 29 Jan 2009 Posts: 183 Location: Miami Beach
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 18:35 Post subject:
FWIW, This should be a sticky...just below the peacock thread...I know its wiki'd, but the more exposure the better!
I just moved to a new house, and was having a bear of a time reaching my media center pc and ps3 at the other end of the house. 2 WRT310N's in AP and RB and I still fluctuated between 10-22% signal strength.
I purchased (2) 12V 5A powersupplies from page 1, http://www.12vadapters.com/adapter/power-supply/12v/5-amp-5a.html
Plugged 'em in, upped my tx to 100mW and am now enjoying solid, stable 68-77% signal strength from that $40 investment at the mcpc and ps3. I was seriously contemplating another 310N...
@ Radioman193 ...owe you a case of your favorite and you can kiss my wife (on the cheek) !
@ Dellsweig ...owe you a case of your favorite for pointing me to this thread !
(now to cat6 the office so I can toss the 2nd 310N to the other end of the house and bump to N AP/Client) _________________ Home/Office
Miami Beach
Atlantic Broadband
Motorola SB6121
Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 1476 Location: New York, USA
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 19:24 Post subject:
Shoreguy wrote:
FWIW, This should be a sticky...just below the peacock thread...I know its wiki'd, but the more exposure the better!
I just moved to a new house, and was having a bear of a time reaching my media center pc and ps3 at the other end of the house. 2 WRT310N's in AP and RB and I still fluctuated between 10-22% signal strength.
I purchased (2) 12V 5A powersupplies from page 1, http://www.12vadapters.com/adapter/power-supply/12v/5-amp-5a.html
Plugged 'em in, upped my tx to 100mW and am now enjoying solid, stable 68-77% signal strength from that $40 investment at the mcpc and ps3. I was seriously contemplating another 310N...
@ Radioman193 ...owe you a case of your favorite and you can kiss my wife (on the cheek) !
@ Dellsweig ...owe you a case of your favorite for pointing me to this thread !
(now to cat6 the office so I can toss the 2nd 310N to the other end of the house and bump to N AP/Client)
Shoreguy
Are you seeing any heat issues running the 310N's at 100Mw??