Re: Good signal, bad connection speed with wireless network

On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:03:35 -0500, Israel Guerra
<Israel.Guerra.33g785@no-mx.wirelessforums.org> wrote in
<Israel.Guerra.33g785@no-mx.wirelessforums.org>:

>I have a router D-Link DI-524 and an D-Link DWL-G132 USB network
>wireless adapter. The router is configured, everything working fine with
>cable connections. All pcs have fixed ip configured.
>
>Both of the wireless connections get terrible speed, even though the
>signal is shown as "very strong".
>
>Reading many things on the internet, i tried many things:
>1. Changed the channel to many values, like 11 or 2;
>2. changed the ssid to something very uncommon;
>3. changed the wireless mode to all possible values: mixed or G;
>4. thinking somethin was wrong with the wireless network adapter i
>tried with a different computer, a notebook, faced the same problem;
>5. read somewhere it could be interference, then i turned off 2.4GHz
>phones and even wireless keyboards and mouses. Didn't work also, got
>problem even when the notebook in front of the access point.

Is the client computer a laptop? If so, try performance in a public
Wi-Fi hotspot.

>I noticed i got some packages lost sometimes when i "pinged" some hosts
>at the internet.

Use 'tracert' to find where they are being lost.

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