Linksys WTR54GS (travel router) connection Problems
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From: ps56k on 27 Jun 2010 12:43 "Justin" <justin(a)nobecauseihatespam.com> wrote in message news:i0641s$mgq$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > Grr... > The GS is routing. > If I'm at a hotel I don't want my team to have to pay for each > connection - that adds up over the course of a quarter. > ok - - now I understand why I didn't get it... Guess I've never been in a hotel/motel situation (USA) where the WiFi was charged for & allocated one user at a time, even in the cheapy ones just off the Interstate. Anyway - not sure why a heavy download would choke the GS, but remember that you are now using the wireless freqs in a store & forward mode with every packet being downloaded by the GS, processed, re-transmitted, and then the window of replies/acks going back.
From: John Navas on 27 Jun 2010 14:48 On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 08:49:33 -0400, in <justin-EE9FB0.08493326062010(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Justin <justin(a)nobecauseihatespam.org> wrote: >In article <480b26pho1o7605e090rias6tfsoosimga(a)4ax.com>, > John Navas <jncl1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: > >> On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:37:13 -0400, in >> <justin-B2FC55.19371325062010(a)62-183-169-81.bb.dnainternet.fi>, Justin >> <justin(a)nobecauseihatespam.org> wrote: >> >> >I have a Linksys WTR54GS travel router. I am trying to use it to share >> >a wireless connection to three other machines also using 802.11g. >> >For the most part it works, but if one of the shared machines starts a >> >filetransfer or something that takes alot of bandwidth (youtube, skype) >> >the internet connection quits. We still have wireless connectivity so I >> >don't tink it is a channel issue. >> >I tried setting the machine's MTU to 1,200 with no difference. >> >Remember, I am trying to share a wireless connection, I do not have >> >access to an ethernet port. >> >The connection craps out when I'm using alot of bandwidth - file >> >transfers, Youtube - but normal browsing seems to be OK. >> >The ISP is not throttling the connection since I can transfer huge files >> >without a problem when I remove the router. >> >It is not interference since I can sit in the same room without the >> >router and still download from the source AP. >> >Somebody in another group said I should change my station preamble to >> >long - but I can't find the setting to do that. >> >> I suspect the router is falling over from the load. >> Make sure you're running the latest firmware. >> If you are, then consider another router. >> Apple Airport Express is recommended. > >Can the Airport Express share an already wireless connection? >That's my problem. I do not have access to ethernet ports at every >hotel/motel my team stays at. I need to be able to share the *wireless* >connection provided by the hotel. Not alone ASAIK, but two of them cabled together should work. -- Best regards, FAQ for Wireless Internet: <http://wireless.navas.us> John FAQ for Wi-Fi: <http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-Fi> Wi-Fi How To: <http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-Fi_HowTo> Fixes to Wi-Fi Problems: <http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-Fi_Fixes>
From: Justin on 27 Jun 2010 17:18 On 06/27/2010 02:48 PM, John Navas wrote: > On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 08:49:33 -0400, in > <justin-EE9FB0.08493326062010(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Justin > <justin(a)nobecauseihatespam.org> wrote: > >> In article<480b26pho1o7605e090rias6tfsoosimga(a)4ax.com>, >> John Navas<jncl1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:37:13 -0400, in >>> <justin-B2FC55.19371325062010(a)62-183-169-81.bb.dnainternet.fi>, Justin >>> <justin(a)nobecauseihatespam.org> wrote: >>> >>>> I have a Linksys WTR54GS travel router. I am trying to use it to share >>>> a wireless connection to three other machines also using 802.11g. >>>> For the most part it works, but if one of the shared machines starts a >>>> filetransfer or something that takes alot of bandwidth (youtube, skype) >>>> the internet connection quits. We still have wireless connectivity so I >>>> don't tink it is a channel issue. >>>> I tried setting the machine's MTU to 1,200 with no difference. >>>> Remember, I am trying to share a wireless connection, I do not have >>>> access to an ethernet port. >>>> The connection craps out when I'm using alot of bandwidth - file >>>> transfers, Youtube - but normal browsing seems to be OK. >>>> The ISP is not throttling the connection since I can transfer huge files >>>> without a problem when I remove the router. >>>> It is not interference since I can sit in the same room without the >>>> router and still download from the source AP. >>>> Somebody in another group said I should change my station preamble to >>>> long - but I can't find the setting to do that. >>> >>> I suspect the router is falling over from the load. >>> Make sure you're running the latest firmware. >>> If you are, then consider another router. >>> Apple Airport Express is recommended. >> >> Can the Airport Express share an already wireless connection? >> That's my problem. I do not have access to ethernet ports at every >> hotel/motel my team stays at. I need to be able to share the *wireless* >> connection provided by the hotel. > > Not alone ASAIK, but two of them cabled together should work. > Thanks John, I'm going to ask the ebay seller for an exchange
From: ps56k on 27 Jun 2010 17:31 "Justin" <justin(a)nobecauseihatespam.com> wrote in message news:i082ve$l7$2(a)news.eternal-september.org... > On 06/27/2010 12:43 PM, ps56k wrote: >> "Justin"<justin(a)nobecauseihatespam.com> wrote in message >> news:i0641s$mgq$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>> >>> Grr... >>> The GS is routing. >>> If I'm at a hotel I don't want my team to have to pay for each >>> connection - that adds up over the course of a quarter. >>> >> >> ok - - now I understand why I didn't get it... >> >> Guess I've never been in a hotel/motel situation (USA) >> where the WiFi was charged for& allocated one user at a time, >> even in the cheapy ones just off the Interstate. >> >> Anyway - not sure why a heavy download would choke the GS, >> but remember that you are now using the wireless freqs in a store& >> forward >> mode >> with every packet being downloaded by the GS, processed, re-transmitted, >> and then the window of replies/acks going back. >> >> >> >> > > I have yet to encounter the exact opposite. > I've tried sharing my account info with the rest of my team. > I'll be reading an article on CNN or something, click to the next page and > I'm greeted with the logon page. wonder what part of the world you are travelling and any named hotels/motels ? Most of these hotspot software implementations use the MAC address as the authentication.... and merely build a table of entries... Most of the places that I recall having some kind of ID & password, were either global for the entire establishment, or potentially room assigned - as one place I was at. SO - if global - then it would be a non-issue for each laptop ... if room assigned, then yeah, then the latest MAC would be the only entry stored.
From: ps56k on 27 Jun 2010 17:41
"Justin" <justin(a)nobecauseihatespam.com> wrote in message >>>>> I have a Linksys WTR54GS travel router. BTW - just for an info item, as I forgot Linksys has the WTR54GS - "Wireless Travel Router" and the WRT54GS as the "normal desktop router" family... Easy to see "WTR" and mentally think about the "WRT" as I was.... This entire discussion is about the small "travel router" as here... http://www.amazon.com/Cisco-Linksys-WTR54GS-Wireless-Travel-Speedbooster/dp/B000A1AQOO Why Linksys would create that "travel router" naming so close to the other products is goofy. |