Poor Wireless Connection Linksys Adapter & Zyxel Router

baguio

I have got a pc connected to a zyxel prestige 660 HW61 xDSL router via a Linksys Wireless G Network Adapter. Even though they are both on the same floor, about 10m apart in seperate rooms - I'm getting a very low signal level of 35%.

How can this be?

Moriarty

Moved to wireless forum.

Karoma

What sort of walls are in between? Bricks, wire-mesh,electric cables,etc. can reduce signal strength - amount varies with type of brick, etc.
Reposition antennae. Turn off 'power saving' on client and router.

irlrobins

What Karoma said. Also try update the drivers/firmware for the card and router.

joe_chicken

coathangers

My wireless card is about 5 meters away and If I don't have the aerial thingamybob pointed in the right direction it falls down to about 30%

In my old house I was probably around 10 meters away and got a signal of 100% no matter what I did...

Sarn

I second the updating of your drivers. My laptop's connection used to drop out all the time with poor signal quality. After updating my wireless drivers the speed and signal quality became excellent (that's going through one brick wall, 2 plasterboard walls and the floor ~35 ft).

Foxwood

Sarn wrote:

I second the updating of your drivers. My laptop's connection used to drop out all the time with poor signal quality. After updating my wireless drivers the speed and signal quality became excellent (that's going through one brick wall, 2 plasterboard walls and the floor ~35 ft).

What happened to your battery life?

baguio

Thanks for your help guys.

I did two things - presumably one of the two fixed the problem. In tandem with starting this thread, I also contacted zyxel support - they provided a link to the latest firmware but insisted that it wouldnt make any difference to signal strength. I flashed the router and for other reasons, I moved the router to another room - which isnt any closer to the wireless adapter.

Anyways, the linksys wireless adapter has a very good connection now. Not sure which of the two fixed it - dont want to bother my housemate by fiddling around any more with it as it works and he's happy.

Is anyone familiar enough with this router to know if I can setup a LAN for the two pc's via my network adapter -> wireless router -> linksys wireless net. adapter -while these are being used for broadband traffic at the same time?

Foxwood

baguio wrote:

Is anyone familiar enough with this router to know if I can setup a LAN for the two pc's via my network adapter -> wireless router -> linksys wireless net. adapter -while these are being used for broadband traffic at the same time?

You shouldn't have any problem talking between any PCs that are connected to the router, whether they are wired or wireless.

esskay

There is a great utility for auditing\checking wireless lans called NetStumbler. You can download it from http://netstumbler.com/ It will show you exactly what strenght of signal you are getting and noise.