[ltp] Slightly OT: best router with 2915ABG?

Sat, 15 Jul 2006 14:17:45 +0200

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With Intel wireless chipsets i've experienced slow transfers with Linksys
routers, and almost 54mbit with Belkin.
cheers,
Adrian

On 7/15/06, Jiang Qian <qian2@fas.harvard.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi All:
> This is slightly OT but people are savvy here. I'm thinking about
> getting a new wireless router. The wireless card is Intel 2915ABG on a
> T43, running ubuntu with custom 2.6.15 kernel and driver version  1.1.2.
>
> Since this card doesn't support marketing stuns like Turbo G, RangeMax
> etc. I guess I'll get a wireless G, to share internet connection between
> desktop and T43.  I have the following concerns:
>
> 1. Interference. I live in urban area with a jungle of AP around, and I
> heard 802.11g is particularly prone to that. So the AP/router probably
> want to have good tolerance of interference from nearby AP. Since my
> apartment is not too big, range is not as important.
>
> Of course the router should not drop connection on me. Sometimes I got
> dhcp lease mysteriously dropped, any way to debug this?(iwconfig show
> wireless signal is fine).
>
> 2. Wireless speed. My current AP an old Netgear MR814v2, 802.11b, craps
> out at 650KBps(with 128 bit WEP on). This is 5.2Mbps, that's less than
> half of the design speed.
>
> I know I shouldn't have illusion about reaching full 54Mbps, but any
> *actual* download/upload speed figure, *with encryption(WEP or WPA) on*,
> is very welcome.
>
> 3. Routing speed. I sometimes want to transfer files using Samba between
> my wife's machine and T43. Hers is a thinkcentre with Gigabit connected
> to router. I'm willing to connect my laptop to wired port of router for
> transfer, but again the transfer speed craps out at 6.5MBps, which is
> 52Mbps, only half of designed 100Mbps.
>
> So any data on wired port routing is greatly appreciated, too.
>
> BTW, since my laptop also have Gigabit ethernet, I'm tempted to buy an
> router with Gigabit port built-in. This expensive toy, Dlink DGL-4300,
> is the only one I found, is that worth the money(about USD 129 on
> amazon).
>
> Any information/tips are most welcome. If there's a demand, I can
> compile a set of recommendations/benchmarks and send to the list.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Jiang
> --
> The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at:
> http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad
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With Intel wireless chipsets i've experienced slow transfers with Linksys routers, and almost 54mbit with Belkin. cheers, Adrian <div>On 7/15/06, Jiang Qian
 &lt;<a href="mailto:qian2@fas.harvard.edu">qian2@fas.harvard.edu</a>&gt; wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi All:
 This is slightly OT but people are savvy here. I'm thinking about getting a new wireless router. The wireless card is Intel 2915ABG on a T43, running ubuntu with custom 2.6.15 kernel and driver version&nbsp;&nbsp;1.1.2. 
 Since this card doesn't support marketing stuns like Turbo G, RangeMax etc. I guess I'll get a wireless G, to share internet connection between desktop and T43.&nbsp;&nbsp;I have the following concerns: 1. Interference. I live in urban area with a jungle of AP around, and I
 heard 802.11g is particularly prone to that. So the AP/router probably want to have good tolerance of interference from nearby AP. Since my apartment is not too big, range is not as important. Of course the router should not drop connection on me. Sometimes I got
 dhcp lease mysteriously dropped, any way to debug this?(iwconfig show wireless signal is fine). 2. Wireless speed. My current AP an old Netgear MR814v2, 802.11b, craps out at 650KBps(with 128 bit WEP on). This is 
5.2Mbps, that's less than half of the design speed. I know I shouldn't have illusion about reaching full 54Mbps, but any *actual* download/upload speed figure, *with encryption(WEP or WPA) on*, is very welcome.
 3. Routing speed. I sometimes want to transfer files using Samba between my wife's machine and T43. Hers is a thinkcentre with Gigabit connected to router. I'm willing to connect my laptop to wired port of router for
 transfer, but again the transfer speed craps out at 6.5MBps, which is 52Mbps, only half of designed 100Mbps. So any data on wired port routing is greatly appreciated, too. BTW, since my laptop also have Gigabit ethernet, I'm tempted to buy an
 router with Gigabit port built-in. This expensive toy, Dlink DGL-4300, is the only one I found, is that worth the money(about USD 129 on amazon). Any information/tips are most welcome. If there's a demand, I can
 compile a set of recommendations/benchmarks and send to the list. Thanks in advance. Jiang -- The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at: <a href="http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad">
http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad</a> </blockquote></div>

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