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daica   07-26-2006 at 06:04:47 PM

Hi
I am looking to replace my DLink wireless G router because the signal is not that good even with the client being 1 floor away from the router. (all the clients are normal 802.11g clients) I had gotten the Linksys WRT54GX4 with SRX400 which supposedly increases the range for all wireless g cards (?) but it did not work correctly and the signal kept dropping every 5 min or so, and when I called Linksys about it, they said that it was probably a defective router. I have already returned that router and am looking for one again. I have seen the wireless N routers being advertised and I'm interested in them as well. The main thing I want is to increase the range so my wireless computers can connect to the router 1 floor away (about 50 feet away). Would the Linksys WRT300N be a good choice? Can I connect wireless g clients and get increased range for those clients?
Any help is much appreciated. Thanks

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shamoo   07-26-2006 at 10:31:16 PM
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try a linksys rt-300n just worked with one. i am impressed.

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daica   07-26-2006 at 10:47:13 PM
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Really.... you have the WRT300N? I am not planning on upgrading the clients to draft N. I want to keep using the Dell laptops with the internal 802.11g wireless. So you are saying that the WRT300N will also increase the range for 802.11g clients as well? I had sent Linksys an e-mail about it, and they said:
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From: "Gary Jordan (garjorda)" <garjorda@cisco.com>

If you were to get an N router you really should get N cards or it will work at G or B speeds and range depending on what you have.Thanks---

so I asked him:
So you mean that if I get the N router, it will not act like the WRT54GX4 in increasing the range of the 802.11g clients?
and he says:
That’s correct. The SRX requires but not mandatory for you to use SRX adaptors as well.

So what's the deal? How far away from the router are your 802.11g clients and is it through floors and walls?

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shamoo   07-27-2006 at 02:22:08 AM
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let me make this clear i work in an it department and we are setting up 2 hotspots in the building we placed one in a sound room and managed to walk out the doors 10 feet accross the lobby 50 - 60 feet plus a staircase in the middle with stone siding out the door 10 feet and down the staircase were we lost the signal i mean this thing kicks for a router. My home router coundnt have done that..
the second one i placed on a chair and it went though a glass window about 100 feet were we gave up walking but it went FAR.

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daica   07-27-2006 at 04:57:52 AM
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That sounds good... So all your clients are normal 802.11g and they are getting a range boost as well? Are there any other wireless routers in the area? In my home, there's about 3 or 4 other wireless routers around... how will it perform with those interference?

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shamoo   07-27-2006 at 02:09:20 PM
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i dont know the building is covered in hotspots tho so i would guess if you dont have them on teh same channel it should be alright.

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