Conjested Network - Need to push through

eduncan911 · #1 (**permalink**) 12-04-2007, 05:02 AM

I live in downtown Dallas, in a building with dozens of 802.11g networks, and surrounded by apartment complexes that have dozens and dozens more.

* WRT54G v3.1 running WRT-DD
* I have the high-gain ANT as well
* Been trying to switch channels, from 1-11 (and even the Japan channels 12-14) in attempts.

I want to go 802.11n and move everything to 5Ghz (been eyeing that new dual-radio wrt600n linksys has), but just can't afford it at the moment with xmas coming.

At times, the network screams. testmy.net shows speeds as I should get wired, but over wireless. But this is only at like 4am, standing on my head, all lights off, and freezing with no heat, etc etc. Anytime during the day, I can flip a coin and the odds are better with that then when I'd get a fast/stable connection.

So tonight, I'm fed up with it. Started digging around my DD-WRT setup.

Here's what I'm playing with tonight. Any help in helping my wifi network break through the surrounding interface would much be appreciated.

Xmit Power: Trying not to go over 70mW, monitoring the SNR for optimum setting.
Beacon Interval: Trying to get it as low as possible, so the theory goes that more beacon pings means "hey, look at me!" to break through.
WMM or QoS Support: Trying to get this working with the default settings, but it's not impressing me much.

Any tips for tweaking the network more would be helpful.

Thanks in advance!
-E