Router Advice

[Nic_]

Hi,

I just bought a TP-LINK Router, model TL-WDR4300. I am finding the internet to be excellent (the router is located in my room though). The rest of the house are finding the internet to be terrible on their laptops, Iphone and the MAC.

I rang TP-Link and changed a few settings which I cannot remember at this moment in time (currently at work). Long story short, I went away for the weekend and came home to find the old router up and running (Linksys G router). This has resolved the issue.

Could anyone help to explain why the TL-WDR4300 router is not functioning properly please.

I understand you may need more information, so I will set the router back up tonight and remote in from work to follow any advice provided.

thanks in advance.

 

[Munki]

My main concerns:

-Signal strength
-Type of wireless cards in the computers
-Signal selection in the wireless router (Mixed, G-only, N-only etc.)
-Router frequency (2.4Ghz, 5Ghz, etc)

 

[Solaris17]

The antennas suck.using the wrong band. TX power is low.

 

[hat]

Usually wireless drivers come with a utility to scan for available networks. Look at the channels. Try choosing a channel unused by other networks, and keep it as far away from the other channels as possible. If you see 2 networks in the list, one on channel 1 and 1 on channel 12, choose channel 6 or 7 in your router setup. Doesn't look like it's dd-wrt supported... I can't comment on any other custom firmware, but with dd-wrt I can boost the transmitter power of my e1000.

 

[Solaris17]

Usually wireless drivers come with a utility to scan for available networks. Look at the channels. Try choosing a channel unused by other networks, and keep it as far away from the other channels as possible. If you see 2 networks in the list, one on channel 1 and 1 on channel 12, choose channel 6 or 7 in your router setup. Doesn't look like it's dd-wrt supported... I can't comment on any other custom firmware, but with dd-wrt I can boost the transmitter power of my e1000.

he can use inssider and i have an e2000 with ddwrt iv boosted it once or twice to fix an issue.


http://www.metageek.net/products/inssider/