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Dean · 2009-02-20, 07:25 AM

The most common problems with wireless are channel contention and B/G contention.

If you have a client that has a "Site Monitor" mode, run that and see if there is anything else on your channel. If there is, change your router to another channel. If it is still on the "default" channel, this is likely an issue as everyone else's is a well!!!

Also, make sure everything on your wireless is 802.11G. If you have any older 802.11b devices, you suck everything down to 11Mb!!! If you have to use them, daisy chain another old router and move them to a different channel.

I don't know the consoles, but on the clients, disable "connect to non-preferred networks" or "search for available networks" and make sure your network is the only preferred network or at the top of the list.

A Full DVD which they seldom are even in the 2 disc movie/extras sets at 8.46Gb are about 68Gigabits. That comes out to 9.5Mb/s if it is a 2 hour movie. That should almost be watchable on 11Mb 802.11b!

Blu-Ray maxes out at 50GB which for a 2 hour movie comes out to 55.555...Mb/s. Since the movie is unlikely to be anywhere near the full 50Gb, a good 802.11G connection should be plenty fast enough...

Streaming anything from the Internet, your Internet connection is almost always going to be the bottleneck, not your LAN!!! 802.11b 11Mb wireless can handle way more than most any cable or DSL Internet connection speed available.

2009-02-20, 07:25 AM	#1118
Dean Señor Cheap Bastarde Real Name: Dean Join Date: May 2003 Location: $99 Tire Store Posts: 9,294 Car: $.04 STI Class: Fast,Cheap & Reliable=STI Deal, did somebody say Deal? Oh, Dean, yeah that's me.	The most common problems with wireless are channel contention and B/G contention. If you have a client that has a "Site Monitor" mode, run that and see if there is anything else on your channel. If there is, change your router to another channel. If it is still on the "default" channel, this is likely an issue as everyone else's is a well!!! Also, make sure everything on your wireless is 802.11G. If you have any older 802.11b devices, you suck everything down to 11Mb!!! If you have to use them, daisy chain another old router and move them to a different channel. I don't know the consoles, but on the clients, disable "connect to non-preferred networks" or "search for available networks" and make sure your network is the only preferred network or at the top of the list. A Full DVD which they seldom are even in the 2 disc movie/extras sets at 8.46Gb are about 68Gigabits. That comes out to 9.5Mb/s if it is a 2 hour movie. That should almost be watchable on 11Mb 802.11b! Blu-Ray maxes out at 50GB which for a 2 hour movie comes out to 55.555...Mb/s. Since the movie is unlikely to be anywhere near the full 50Gb, a good 802.11G connection should be plenty fast enough... Streaming anything from the Internet, your Internet connection is almost always going to be the bottleneck, not your LAN!!! 802.11b 11Mb wireless can handle way more than most any cable or DSL Internet connection speed available. __________________ I am a Commodore PET --- Now get off my lawn you kids... Last edited by Dean; 2009-02-20 at 07:33 AM.