Signal strength

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I have setup a Microsoft 802.11g wireless base station
and network card. It is in an older house and the signal
strength is very low. It even disconnects at times.
Any tips on how I can increase the signal strength?
Are there any signal boosters out there that will work
with Microsoft equipment?

Not happy with this so far.
Have a Netgear 802.11b setup in my other house and it
works twice as good as the microsoft equipment.

Help!

thanks

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.broadbandnet.hardware (More info?)

Here is your answer on extending the range.

Broadband modem --> WAN port of MN-500 #1
MN-500 #1 LAN port #2 --> WAN port of MN-500 #2
MN-500 #1 LAN port #3 --> WAN port of MN-500 #3 (if available)

Make sure all MN-500s are running the latest firmware 1.11.017

Now lets look at the setup of each MN-500:

MN-500 #1
router mode
LAN IP address at default of 192.168.2.1
some SSID
some WEP key
channel 6

MN-500 #2
bridge mode
LAN IP address at 192.168.2.42, outside of default DHCP range
same SSID
same WEP key
channel 1

MN-500 #3 (if available)
bridge mode
LAN IP address at 192.168.2.43, outside of default DHCP range
same SSID
same WEP key
channel 11


If you keep the SSID and WEP key the same for all base stations, people
will be able to move between offices and get a connection.

You need to select non-overlapping channels for the base stations to
prevent interference.

Channels 1, 6, and 11 are the three non-overlapping channels.

There are more combinations if you only need two channels.

Brian wrote:

> I have setup a Microsoft 802.11g wireless base station
> and network card. It is in an older house and the signal
> strength is very low. It even disconnects at times.
> Any tips on how I can increase the signal strength?
> Are there any signal boosters out there that will work
> with Microsoft equipment?
>
> Not happy with this so far.
> Have a Netgear 802.11b setup in my other house and it
> works twice as good as the microsoft equipment.
>
> Help!
>
> thanks

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.broadbandnet.hardware (More info?)

Here is an updated version of that text file.

Broadband modem --> WAN port of MN-500 or MN-700 #1
MN-500 or MN-700 #1 LAN port #2 --> WAN port of MN-500 or MN-700 #2
MN-500 or MN-700 #1 LAN port #3 --> WAN port of MN-500 or MN-700 #3 (if
available)

Make sure all MN-500s are running the latest firmware 1.11.017

Make sure all MN-700s are running the latest firmware 2.00.08.0333

Now lets look at the setup of each MN-500 or MN-700:

MN-500 or MN-700 #1
router mode
LAN IP address at default of 192.168.2.1
some SSID
some WEP key
channel 6

MN-500 or MN-700 #2
bridge mode
LAN IP address at 192.168.2.42, outside of default DHCP range
same SSID
same WEP key
channel 1

MN-500 or MN-700 #3 (if available)
bridge mode
LAN IP address at 192.168.2.43, outside of default DHCP range
same SSID
same WEP key
channel 11


If you keep the SSID and WEP key the same for all base stations, people
will be able to move between offices and get a connection.

You need to select non-overlapping channels for the base stations to
prevent interference.

Channels 1, 6, and 11 are the three non-overlapping channels.

There are more combinations if you only need two channels.

joker wrote:

> Here is your answer on extending the range.
>
> Broadband modem --> WAN port of MN-500 #1
> MN-500 #1 LAN port #2 --> WAN port of MN-500 #2
> MN-500 #1 LAN port #3 --> WAN port of MN-500 #3 (if available)
>
> Make sure all MN-500s are running the latest firmware 1.11.017
>
> Now lets look at the setup of each MN-500:
>
> MN-500 #1
> router mode
> LAN IP address at default of 192.168.2.1
> some SSID
> some WEP key
> channel 6
>
> MN-500 #2
> bridge mode
> LAN IP address at 192.168.2.42, outside of default DHCP range
> same SSID
> same WEP key
> channel 1
>
> MN-500 #3 (if available)
> bridge mode
> LAN IP address at 192.168.2.43, outside of default DHCP range
> same SSID
> same WEP key
> channel 11
>
>
> If you keep the SSID and WEP key the same for all base stations, people
> will be able to move between offices and get a connection.
>
> You need to select non-overlapping channels for the base stations to
> prevent interference.
>
> Channels 1, 6, and 11 are the three non-overlapping channels.
>
> There are more combinations if you only need two channels.
>
> Brian wrote:
>
>> I have setup a Microsoft 802.11g wireless base station and network
>> card. It is in an older house and the signal strength is very low. It
>> even disconnects at times. Any tips on how I can increase the signal
>> strength? Are there any signal boosters out there that will work with
>> Microsoft equipment?
>> Not happy with this so far. Have a Netgear 802.11b setup in my other
>> house and it works twice as good as the microsoft equipment.
>> Help!
>>
>> thanks
>
>