802.11g questions...


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hey guys, i just installed a linksys wrt54g wireless/wired router and a wet54g wireless bridge (for the xbox). the xbox is about 25 feet from the router, through 1 wall.

i have a few questions:

1. what should i get "on average" for speeds between the 2 devices? i know they'll never reach 54Mbps, but what's "real world" speeds?

2. i enabled 128bit wep. what effects will this have on speed? should i downgrade it to 64 bit?

3. are there any other security measures i should be taking? i have no wireless experience.

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1. You may be able to get 3 - 5 MB/sec if you are lucky and there is no interference.

2. Not sure about g, but on b is makes is a lot slower.

3. Do you care if others use your connection? If so, enable Mac Address Filtering, and only alow Mac address from your devices ;)

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bumpity bump...

Impatient aren't we... :D

I have found that the range (and thus effective speed at a certain range) expands greatly if the wireless router is not connected to the same wall outlet as the computer (and/or monitor).

Generally I try and move the wireless router about 10 feet away from the computer that is wired directly to the router and plug it into a different socket. This has doubled the range for me on several occassions.

I have yet to play with the 56Mbps 'G' stuff yet but the same should hold true from the turbo (22Mbps) 802.11b stuff.

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Impatient aren't we... :D

I have found that the range (and thus effective speed at a certain range) expands greatly if the wireless router is not connected to the same wall outlet as the computer (and/or monitor).

Generally I try and move the wireless router about 10 feet away from the computer that is wired directly to the router and plug it into a different socket. This has doubled the range for me on several occassions.

I have yet to play with the 56Mbps 'G' stuff yet but the same should hold true from the turbo (22Mbps) 802.11b stuff.

54mbps ;)

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One wall may or may not be a problem. If its just some wooden panneling it shouldnt cause too much of a problem. But if its composite concrete and steel (like mine *rolls eyes*) you might have some issues.

They're really pushing this wireless stuff but man...hardlining stuff is sooooooooooooooooooooooo much better!

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hey guys, i just installed a linksys wrt54g wireless/wired router and a wet54g wireless bridge (for the xbox). the xbox is about 25 feet from the router, through 1 wall.

i have a few questions:

1. what should i get "on average" for speeds between the 2 devices? i know they'll never reach 54Mbps, but what's "real world" speeds?

2. i enabled 128bit wep. what effects will this have on speed? should i downgrade it to 64 bit?

3. are there any other security measures i should be taking? i have no wireless experience.

I hope you upgraded the firmware.

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I just got a WRT54G Router+AP as well, it really works great.

By the way, don't worry about WEP, it's fundamentally flawed. Instead, use WPA, a wise man once told me that it had greater throughput than WEP, and he was right. Or you could do as NeoMayhem said, just use the MAC address filtering, works fine for me! You should also try cycling through the channels, see which ones give you the best throughput (least interference).

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Impatient aren't we... :D

hey, i waited a day :p

thanks for the tips guys.

are there any possible speed losses using mac address filtering? if not, i'll just do that, cuz there's only 4 total devices connected to the router.

@neomayhem: why do you say 54mbps? on the box, it says 54Mbps...

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Impatient aren't we... :D

hey, i waited a day :p

thanks for the tips guys.

are there any possible speed losses using mac address filtering? if not, i'll just do that, cuz there's only 4 total devices connected to the router.

@neomayhem: why do you say 54mbps? on the box, it says 54Mbps...

He said 56, I corrected it with 54 ;)

Mac addresses are already being send when you do anything over a network, so the filter wont slow it down :p

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lol, i'm retarded...somehow i didn't see that :p

hmm, ok, i think i'm gonna do that then. let's see if i can figure that out without screwing everything up...

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First, login to your router (192.168.1.1 for Linksys). Then goto the Advanced tab, then goto the Advanced Wireless tab (you might be already at it).

Enable the MAC Address filter and select the Permit only option.

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Then click on edit MAC filter list, add the MAC addresses of the WLAN cards you want to be able to access your wireless network. You can usually find the MAC address of your card in your Network Connection Details (goto Network Connections in the Control Panel, double click on your connection device, goto the support tab and hit details, there should be something that says Physical Address, just use that, replacing the -'s with :'s).

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Simple as that :D

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