Belkin 54g wireless issues

[Ketxxx]

Nope, it doesnt have much from what I can see. I'm gonna take my adapter to the other PC to mess around in a window some more

 

[panchoman]

interesting, what is your routers model #? it should say that on the back.
its possible that the adapter is at fault as well, but lets see what happens.

 

[Cybrnook2002]

I bought my router in Austria and I can change aswell, just search in your settings

 

[Ketxxx]

interesting, what is your routers model #? it should say that on the back.
its possible that the adapter is at fault as well, but lets see what happens.

No model number without taking the router apart. Its a propiaty (sp?) POS made in china for BT. I hate British Telecom.

Ed- I just enabled 128bit encryption, so far (touches wood) its holding @ 48MB\s. I bet it wont last.

 

[Jess Stingray]

Lol, I hear ya

 

[Ketxxx]

Nope didnt last, just dropped to 36MB\s. Fuck sake.

 

[Ketxxx]

Maybe this will help, heres what each setting in this screen is set to;

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Enabled
Enabled
Auto
Disabled
Disabled
Auto
32
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32
Enabled
Enabled

Them settings look right? Of course, I had to set them manually.

 

[spud107]

if you want better range and signal try making a cantenna, easy to do, directional so its a bit more secure,

 

[Ketxxx]

Good idea. But as my adapter is only like 10 meters away from the hub at best, doesnt seem like the effort would hold much benefit. This adapter is supposed to have a 100 meter range.

 

[spud107]

10 meters? lol, this can extend it 1000+ meters los

 

[Ketxxx]

My adapter has a 100 meter range, of which its only 10 meters away tops, so there shouldnt be any signal problem period. It cant be that fucked up.

 

[spud107]

electrical noise, interference maybe, many things can cause that,

 

[Darknova]

Maybe this will help, heres what each setting in this screen is set to;

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Enabled
Enabled
Auto
Disabled
Disabled
Auto
32
2347
32
Enabled
Enabled

Them settings look right? Of course, I had to set them manually.

Those settings are pretty much useless mate. It's the settings of the access point that matter most. The adapters just change their settings to work with the access point they connect to.

 

[Ketxxx]

Then, the word shit comes to mind... my hub has zero options for being able to change channels. the BT software is very limited in what it will let you do with the hub.

 

[imperialreign]

outta curiosity - what kinda appliances you got near your rig - like, in the same room? On the same note - there aren't any public utility service points near your home, like a sewage/water pump house, grid transformer, etc?

 

[Ketxxx]

Nope as far as I know theres nothing like that near me. Only things near(ish) the wireless adapter are a single cordless phone and TV, but their way up out the way in comparison to where the adapter is.

 

[panchoman]

hmm, you're better off getting a new router, provided that the adapter works fine. cause you cant get an upgrade for the firmware, or change the settings and its not working well so yeah

 

[Ketxxx]

I may see about a firmware upgrade.. might pop the hood on the hub as well to see who makes it and get proper drivers for it that way.

 

[imperialreign]

not a bad idea, actually - it's a little unusual for an adapter to just . . . lose it's bandwidth. The adapter itself might be bad, a defect in the PCB, y'know?

 

[Ketxxx]

Ok the chip the USB adapter uses is a ZyDAS 1211B-QF, if somebody can track down a firmware for that all my problems should go away. I already have the drivers, but finding the firmware is proving difficult.

 

[theonetruewill]

Well, doesn't here. No routers I've seen in UK let you do it.

Wrong. You can on most routers. Sometimes it is called the SSID channel.. I think. I have changed channels on Netgear router, Linksys, Belkin, and my BThomeHub (which is rubbish btw) Get a better aerial Ket. I suggest no less than 7dBi. (scan.co.uk have one for about £6)

 

[Ketxxx]

Oh great.... the BT hub is a POS (I kinda suspected this... but still) I already pulled the POS apart once, the BT hub has a broadcom chip in it, so if someone could track down a firmware and drivers for it using that chip as a base... just might be alright. Looks like I may have to contact BT then and get them to send me a v1.5 hub ( mines 1.0 ) and hope its better. While I'm at it I'll be bitching at BT about my connection, its supposed to be 8MB, and any speedtest I do (including BTs own) it never gets above 2.2MB, and BT call that "acceptable" BS I say, BS!

 

[Ketxxx]

Ok, hows this sound for a hammering at BT;

"Hi,

I've just got around to setting up the BT home hub (not the 1.5 version of the hub, its the older one) after a change of hardware from a previous BT package that used the Voyager 105 DSL modem. For a long time period before the switch (probably 3-4 months) I noticed the connection connecting at VERY low speeds (1.7-3.1MB) nomatter the time of day or night. I put this down to the Voyager 105 modem not being able to handle the full speed of the connection I'm supposed to have which is 8MB. However now I've changed to the BT home hub the situation has not improved, and indeed worsened. The BT home hub is junk, its totally incapable of even providing a clean strong signal to a wireless adapter thats no more than 10 meters away from the hub, and can't even maintain a stable bandwidth as a result. There are no devices or objects (TV, cordless phone, magnets etc) in that range or area that would interfere with the signal.
Compounding to this is the fact of the EXTREMELY slow speeds of the connection, its nowhere even close to 8MB. Running the very widely known and well respected speedtest on Speedtest.net shows the connection to be no better than a 2MB connection!?! I have also run your own speed test included with the home hub software and its results are very similar, 1.9MB! Your software reports this as "acceptable", but I'm sorry to say, a connection thats operating at less than 28% of its maximum capability is NOT acceptable. I fully understand no connection will ever be able to run at its full speed, but an 8MB connection thats only operating of up to around 30% is clearly unacceptable under any circumstances. When I first had this 8MB connection it connected at 5.4MB or better, this was an "acceptable" speed, being that it was operating at around 68%. If these issues cannot be resolved I want the price I'm paying per month for this 8MB connection reduced - significantly."

 

[Darknova]

Can I please point something out? It's ADSL, 99% of people get less than 3Mb on a supposed 8Mb connection in the UK, and it's unfortunate that cable is only available to such a small number of people. I pay for 20Mb and get the full 20Mb.

The gadget show is current doing a campaign to highlight the best and worst ADSL broadband providers. Get on the website, run the speedtest and submit the result.

It may not do much, but it's a step in the right direction for us in the UK.

 

[Ketxxx]

I used to get 5.4MB or better, so BT can do it, their just being knobs in my case. Got a link for that test thing? cant find it on their site.