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[Auto Addict]

-41 dBm

Link Score 63

Overlapping 1

Max Rate 300

Are these figures good, bad or average?

[Mr Gav]

I had to google that just to see what it was 

[STEMO]

Ermmm.....yes.....I think so.

[X30XE]

-39dBm
Max 300
Overlap 0

That gets you a link score of 100.  (but then I am only 2m from the router) 

[TheBoy]

-41 dBm

Link Score 63

Overlapping 1

Max Rate 300

Are these figures good, bad or average?

That ain't good, what channel are you on, and how many other APs can you see.

300Mbps is about right for a 2.4GHz 'n' router. Not quite the 1300Mbps my laptop is picking up from inSSIDer this morning...   ...not that reality ever gets near this theoretical...

[Auto Addict]

-41 dBm

Link Score 63

Overlapping 1

Max Rate 300

Are these figures good, bad or average?

That ain't good, what channel are you on, and how many other APs can you see.

300Mbps is about right for a 2.4GHz 'n' router. Not quite the 1300Mbps my laptop is picking up from inSSIDer this morning...   ...not that reality ever gets near this theoretical...

Channel 11.

APs 11.

Link Score 61.

inSSIDer says I would improve my link score by moving to channel one, but as every one else around here is on channel 1 or 6, apart from a vodaphone, whose on channel 11, I wonder?

[TheBoy]

InSSIDer is correct in saying move to 1.

Being on the same channel as other people is rarely an issue. Its being on an adjacent (overlapping) channel that is.


Think of it like a pub:
You and your mate are in a quiet pub are talking on the same channel, so when he speaks, you stop and listen, and vice versa, no problems. Everything you want to say is said quickly, and your mate hears.  But then a rowdy lot comes in and everyone else is on adjacent (overlapping) channel, which causes you trouble having your conversation, and you have to repeat yourself regularly, thus taking much longer to say what you wanted to say.

[Auto Addict]

InSSIDer is correct in saying move to 1.

Being on the same channel as other people is rarely an issue. Its being on an adjacent (overlapping) channel that is.


Think of it like a pub:
You and your mate are in a quiet pub are talking on the same channel, so when he speaks, you stop and listen, and vice versa, no problems. Everything you want to say is said quickly, and your mate hears.  But then a rowdy lot comes in and everyone else is on adjacent (overlapping) channel, which causes you trouble having your conversation, and you have to repeat yourself regularly, thus taking much longer to say what you wanted to say.

Thanks, I understand it now

[Auto Addict]

Problem solved, using a power line adaptor, now running laptop on ethernet

[Kevin Wood]

[TD]

Why? They seem to work ok....ive got 3 three of them....one on a PC with movies stored....one on the router and one on a TV.

It means I can stream movies to the TV from the PC in HD quality, which wifi couldn't hack....apart from running cat5 cable around the house, which wasn't going to happen, its a cheap solution and no other option 

[Auto Addict]

Why? They seem to work ok....ive got 3 three of them....one on a PC with movies stored....one on the router and one on a TV.

It means I can stream movies to the TV from the PC in HD quality, which wifi couldn't hack....apart from running cat5 cable around the house, which wasn't going to happen, its a cheap solution and no other option 

Totally agree with you Dave

[STEMO]

Yup, me too. But, of course, we are not experts in the field and just because something works perfectly, doesn't make it right. Right? 

[TheBoy]

Why?

They bugger up Ham Radio users.  I know they are a strange breed, but its still antisocial.

If you wanna use a cable, run a cable

[aaronjb]

Why?

They bugger up Ham Radio users.  I know they are a strange breed, but its still antisocial.

If you wanna use a cable, run a cable

If they want to talk to each other, they can use a phone