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Posted - Nov 3 2008 : 1:21PM
I have Comcast high speed internet 16Mbps, a Motorola surfboard cable modem and a Lynksys WRT54G wireless router using WEP. The wireless router was added to the system many years back due to a roommate needing wireless access to the system. Since he moved out I haven't really used the wireless router but in the last week decided to put my Playstation 3 online, which uses wireless, and I'm adding a Roku Netflix Player, which also uses wireless. When setting up the Playstation 3 I found that the signal varies from 50% to 60% where it is located and that is the same place that the Roku box is going to be. From reading about the Roku box it is recommended that I have 2.2Mbps which the router should be fully capable of as it is 54Mbps. I remember from when my roommate used it that the lower the signal strength the slower the connection but it has been several years since he lived here and I can't remember what signal strengths equaled what connection speeds. I also don't have a wireless laptop or desktop that I can use to determine what they are. Should 50 to 60% equal at least 2.2Mbps or should I add a repeater? If I need to add a repeater, which one should work well that doesn't require a wireless computer to access it to set it up?
Harri Patel
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3/03
Posted - Nov 3 2008 : 8:26PM
50% will probably be fine, but I would get a new router, unless the Linksys either has, or can be upgraded to, WPA security. WEP is basically a joke.
Drew Black
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Posted - Nov 3 2008 : 9:10PM
A repeater shouldn't be necessary. I'd get a MIMO wireless router before going for the repeater. (can your linksys even be used with a repeater.
You should be able to get a consistent 2.2 mbps on a poor signal. It's more important the that the signal be consistent in strength. If signal strength fluctuates due to environmental changes such as lighting then you might see undesirable performance.
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Posted - Nov 3 2008 : 9:37PM
Supposedly my linksys can be used with the WRE54G Repeater but I would have to have a friend come over to set it up since it requires a wireless computer to set it up. I'm not sure what's causing the fluctuation or how often it fluctuates. It's a pain to monitor the strength using the PS3.
The router offers WEP, WPA Radius, WPA Pre-Shared Key and Radius as the various wireless security options. I don't know much about the various types of wireless security. I did learn from a past experience to password protect the router as a past roommate stole the WEP code from the box. I'm not overly worried at the time about more security there is a network down the street running with no security so if someone is looking to access one, that would be much easier.



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