On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Malcolm <malcolmlewis@cableone.net> wrote:
On Tue, 13 Aug 2013 11:59:23 -0400 Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Malcolm <malcolmlewis@cableone.net> wrote:
On Tue 13 Aug 2013 08:46:45 AM CDT, Greg Freemyer wrote:
It has been very good since I set it to legacy. The biggest issue is the Mac Mini would not connect to the G router from the desired location, but it connects to the N router just fine in both auto and legacy.
Greg Hi Sure it's not channel interference from other access points around? Are you getting a good connection speed etc? This system has a 802.11bgn 1×1 Wi-Fi Adapter and needed to tweak the router to get 150Mb/s.
Could be. There can be as many as a dozen WLANs SSIDs visible at one time at my house. I'm actually surprised how much it varies during the course of a couple days.
I have it set to auto for the channel. Given the number of WLANs that seem to come and go, auto seems like the best choice?
Greg Hi Else if supported switch to 5GHz? It depends on the signal your getting from the other AP's esp if they are close and on the same channel it may be causing interference. Maybe a scanner program may help http://software.opensuse.org/package/wifiplotter
Maybe a forum thread to catch lwfingers attention may glean additional info...
Malcolm, that's a interesting diagnostic tool. Thanks for packaging it. Maybe you should push it into factory? == My results Up where I want the Mac Mini to live I'm seeing 15 SSIDs right now. 3 are mine. I've got the N router set to legacy only and fixed on channel 1. I note several of the other routers are bouncing around from one channel to another. I assume they are looking for a relatively clear channel. I had not thought of them moving around so much. My impression is most of the neighborhood routers are set to auto, so if I stake out channel 1 (like I have) they will run away. Currently nothing else is below 5. I don't see any 5GHz signals, so I gather the laptop I'm walking around the house with can only see 2.4GHz signals. I also tried restricting the Mac Mini to 5GHz since it is likely less cluttered than the 2.4 GHz band. It was unstable there, so that is not the solution. I think the ultimate solution is going to be to get a multi-stream N extender. The one I saw on Amazon was $80. I have't done any other looking yet. == a curiosity When I had the laptop in the same room with both my G router and my N router, the N router was far stronger even though it was set for Legacy only. Now that I'm up where I'm having trouble with the signal, both of them are about the same, and the old G router is sometimes the stronger of the 2. Thanks again Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org