Linksys WAG54G V/S others

[abalgir]

Dear All,
I am new to your forum , however I have the feeling that I will get the best advice from you.

I have a Linksys WAG54G connected as a router only, My laptop has a PCI card WPC54G.
I experience a downgrade in signal and frequent internets disconnections. in general I am not satisfied with this model performance. Linksys support suggests changing port number to enhance signal, does not work :-( .

I saw in your forum someone proposing Linksys WRT54G as a good router , other Netgear...

I am not an expert in those things, I need a router that have a good signal coverage and that can be enhanced with either new soft or new antena.

My question is : what is today the best router in signal coverage ?. I have a small appartment ;-) .

Many thanks for your answer and support

 

[amdskip]

You probably have something causing interferance thus the poor signals, etc. What cordless phone are you using? That router is one of the top rated ones out there. Others like a Buffalo model but I am not familier with it.

 

[abalgir]

Hello, thank you for your reply. I have two cordless phones: first one phone connected to my freebox (IP phone) Philips Omni (close to the Linksys) , the other one in the living room where signal goes very low: Siemens cordless phone. The distance from my laptop to the Linksys is 9 m and I have two walls separating the rooms. I was thinking to buy a WUSB54GP for my laptop to see if it gets better and if not to exchange the WAG56G with WRT54GS. does it make sens to you?

 

[amdskip]

You don't need the speed booster, you should have no problems with 9 meters. Try unhooking the power to your phones to see if makes a difference.

 

[abalgir]

OK thanks, I'll try it this evening

 

[thriemus]

Have you changed your microfilter? Also try upgrading your firmware to the latest version.

 

[abalgir]

Hello again, did not work by disconnecting the phone. I will try to add a reflector (kind of a pringles box behind the antenna). I am suspecting the way the linksys is positionned very close to the white wall. might cause problem of reflexions. I have the firmware 1.01.7.