Assistance with a linksys setup

[Ethan]

Archived from groups: alt.internet.wireless (More info?)

I have a customer with two YAGI (about 18 inches long) antennas connected to
two Linksys WRT54G V2 access points. The distance between the two sites is
approximately 1548 feet, the antennas are mounted on the roof of each
building, line of sight is good. The cabling from the linksys box to the
antenna is approximately 20 feet, it is heavily shielded.

Their are six users at the remote site who need access to a server running
terminal services at the host site. Users are complaining that they
constantly get dropped and disconnected. How can I test the throughput of
the connection? Does the linksys box have any utility to inidcate the signal
level? They need a speedier connection, what would you recommend?

Thanks

Ethan

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: alt.internet.wireless (More info?)

"Ethan" <dontspamme@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:10s5mkv9q5qse76@corp.supernews.com...
> I have a customer with two YAGI (about 18 inches long) antennas
connected to
> two Linksys WRT54G V2 access points. The distance between the two
sites is
> approximately 1548 feet, the antennas are mounted on the roof of
each
> building, line of sight is good. The cabling from the linksys box to
the
> antenna is approximately 20 feet, it is heavily shielded.
>
> Their are six users at the remote site who need access to a server
running
> terminal services at the host site. Users are complaining that they
> constantly get dropped and disconnected. How can I test the
throughput of
> the connection? Does the linksys box have any utility to inidcate
the signal
> level? They need a speedier connection, what would you recommend?
>
> Thanks
>
> Ethan
Normally stock wrt54gs dont talk to each other, are you running a
different firmware?
Make sure the cables, connectors and anything else in the path are
50ohm and
are rated for 2.4ghz. If all is well there then I would suggest high
gain grid parobolic
antennas. Also get netstumbler and check to see if there are other
SSID broadcasting
networks in the area (doesnt mean there are no non-broadcasting SSID).
Also, clear LOS does not necessarily mean a good signal,
you need clear RF LOS which means that 60 to 80% of the signal (called
the Fresnel zone)
should not be blocked by trees, buildings or what have ya.