Linksys WTR54GS (travel router) connection Problems
in [Wireless Internet]
|
Prev: iPhone 4 connection problems - Jobs says "Just don't hold it that way."
Next: NEWS: US lawmakers grill Apple on location tracking change
From: Justin on 27 Jun 2010 17:54 On 06/27/2010 05:41 PM, ps56k wrote: > "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. > > Yeah, the WTR is from the days when Linksys was "questionable" and the fact I have one that only partially works seems to reinforce that fact. For casual browsing it works fine. But during a huge file transfer the internet connection drops. I sent a message to the seller to see if I can exchange it.
From: Tony Hwang on 28 Jun 2010 00:51 Justin 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. Hi, I guess f/w is latest?
From: Justin on 28 Jun 2010 01:08 On 06/28/2010 12:51 AM, Tony Hwang wrote: > Justin 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. > Hi, > I guess f/w is latest? Yes, it is. They stopped updating it a while back though. I'll post a video showing what its doing. I just have to figure out a way to graph the internet speed and still see the unit's flashing LEDs.
From: Justin on 28 Jun 2010 20:41 In article <i08fvv$et0$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, "ps56k" <pschuman_no_spam_me(a)interserv.com> wrote: > "Justin" <justin(a)nobecauseihatespam.com> wrote in message > news:i082ve$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. > > Everywhere. In the EU it is law that everyone who uses the itnernet must allow the establishment to copy their passport. So I, as an American before I am able to use an internet cafe - must give them my passport to copy. Due to that restriction most EU hotels go by Mac address and only allow one machine on at a time. Here is a video of what my WTR is doing. http://tinypic.com/r/2mecz93/6
From: ps56k on 28 Jun 2010 23:00
"Justin" <justin(a)nobecauseihatespam.org> wrote in message > In the EU it is law that everyone who uses the itnernet must allow the > establishment to copy their passport. So I, as an American before I am > able to use an internet cafe - must give them my passport to copy. > Due to that restriction most EU hotels go by Mac address and only allow > one machine on at a time. really - our son is home from Germany, and I just asked him about this, and he never heard of it.... They wanted to see a passport when he bought a cell phone, but nothing asked at any of the youth hostels, hotels, or cafes... Guess will have to do a little surfing and searching. |