Hey guys,
Earlier today, I bought the LINKSYS WRT54GS WirelessG Router.
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I've tried the Belkin PRE-N wireless router, the NETGEAR (something) and they just would not give me a clear signal, my laptop would not receive a signal, from inside my house.
I was confused, everything was setup, my PC worked perfectly, the laptop kept getting disconnected from the Internet every few seconds.
These babies are expensive compared to the LINKSYS WRT54GS WirelessG Router, do a price check if you don't believe me, however with the Linksys, again everything was set up, it worked, ta-da, I was amazed, but was really amazed is what I'm about to tell you.
I searched on the internet to see if theres any way to boost the power of the router so that the signal strenght stays at 100%, I came across a website that actually created a firmware for this router, which allowed me to change all-sorts of things, from power to other things that the normal firmware didn't allow.
I took my laptop outside after these changes were made got into the car and still a very power 100% signal. I was actually amazed that such a cheap product was doing soo well, I then decided to see how far I could go, I must have travelled down the road, around 300metres, the signal went down to 91%, I ran a speed test and got around 8mbp/s down and 476kbp/s upload (I'm on NTL 10mb, btw).
I went a little further away from the house and the signal stayed the same, however the Internet connection dropped, I know it was an experiment, but if I had a signal at 91% running smoothly, and I went a few more metres away from my house, the signal the same, why then is my Internet Connection affected?
I had done an initial scan of devices within the routers range, only one unprotected router with no password or protection enabled was found in the area, this belonged to my neighbour who lives across the road from me.
Can any of you guys figure out the problem, like I said I know its not a big problem as the range is MASSIVE on this router w/ hack'd fireware and that it works inside my house now as the others kept dropping connection.
Also how can it have such a MIGHTY range?
Thanks for looking, its not a critical question, just a general discussion about the router and my findings, I'm not an expert at routers, although I am literate enough to set one up, so please don't ask me questions regarding any settings, etc, I'm trying to learn more about routers, the different settings and what they do and don't do, etc.
PLEASE NOTE: You can get those add on aerials for the Linksys router, they are big and they are powerful, although I don't need them, someone else might be interested
