Wireless help

[imported_Hazy]

I have a linksys wrt110 router with 2 computers hooked up to it.

1 is wired to it, and the other is connected wirelessly

Im using a trendnet wireless n adapter for the wireless computer


The problem is, the computer is upstairs and the router is downstairs and the signal is terrible, it's always poor or fair and lately it's been disconnecting and slower than dial-up constantly.

Once in awhile for about 1 sec it'll show that it's using wireless N and the signal will shoot up to excellent but then it quickly goes back to 11g and always stays there

How can I make my wireless always stay at 802.11N radio type?

 

[spidey07]

Check the sticky. This is probably due to interference and antenna positioning. The worst signal from an omni antenna is directly above and below it. You could try making the antenna horizontal and changing channels to 1, 6, 11.

 

[imported_Hazy]

there are no antennas on wrt110, only internally

 

[spidey07]

Then rotate it 90 degrees. With internal antennas I'm not surprised it doesn't perform well.

And still change channels and look for sources of interference like phones, bluetooth, microwaves, etc.

After some googling the linksys isn't a Draft N router, it's 802.11g with some other proprietary stuff, you could very well be running into incompatibility problems.

 

[imported_Hazy]

Hmm.. interesting problem

I set my router to only see 11n and changed my security to WPA, however I can still connect wirelessly with my old WEP? This is after turning my router off for 30 secs. When I try using the WPA the 11n network will show briefly with a red x and it wont let me on, if I do get on the bitrate will go up to like 150mbs but then fall down to 13 instantly and show that i'm on 11g

should I reset my router?

wtf... maybe it's a compatability issue but I don't know... wrt110 is able to use 11n

 

[spidey07]

There is no 802.11n standard. It doesn't exist. In addition to the channel and antenna positioning force the router to use 802.11g and 802.11b only. That router seems to use a ton of proprietary features to "achieve N like speeds".

Could be firmware on the router and client as well. Update it. But I wouldn't be surprised at all if you're seeing incompatibility given the client is pre-draft-non-standard 802.11n and a 802.11g router with non-standard features.