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- Fri Jan 06, 2012 9:17 pm
- Forum: Hardware Hacking
- Topic: Wireless strength investigations
- Replies: 12
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Re: Wireless strength investigations
I've been playing a bit more... seemingly I've improved my connection by increasing the router sensitivity: iwconfig wlan0 sens 3 (it was 1 previously). '3' is a value that depends on the particular wifi card you have - mine accepts 1, 2 and 3 only. Other cards may take other settings - the man page...
- Fri Jan 06, 2012 12:38 am
- Forum: Hardware Hacking
- Topic: Wireless strength investigations
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11120
Re: Wireless strength investigations
If the router is clever enough to do B+G+N at the same time (which it might, especially if it has two radios or does some cunning fast mode switching -- I'm completely guessing how that might work) you might just need to reduce the rate on the Joggler. 11dBm extra (ie 12.6 times more gain) to drop f...
- Thu Jan 05, 2012 1:24 pm
- Forum: Hardware Hacking
- Topic: Wireless strength investigations
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11120
Re: Wireless strength investigations
You can turn down the rate if you have iwconfig on whatever OS you're using: iwconfig wlan0 rate 22M to set to 22Mbps, for example. If you run 'iwlist wlan0 scanning' it'll show you all the rates supported on your router. (your OS might call the network device something other than wlan0). Since B ha...
- Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:59 pm
- Forum: Hardware Hacking
- Topic: Wireless strength investigations
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11120
Wireless strength investigations
I've been doing some investigation into the issues many people have been having with wifi strength on the Joggler, so thought others might be interested in a report of progress... First, a bit of background. I have a standard Joggler and, like many people, the Joggler is the only device that has dif...