Ok I need some Advice.. I'm getting much back into this game I use to play again but I am lagging a lot. Now I've tested it and I don't lag on a wired connection. I expeirience packet loss to my router alone (ussually 20-40%) most of the time while playing lineage (my game) (now the weird thing is I dont really experience lag much unless its lineage , but I dont get it on the wired connection) I have a linksys wrt54g router with a linksys wmp54g pci card. I've spent the last 4 days working on it. My first idea is faulty hardware now in my router because I was experiencing packet loss so I saw a firmware update and inside it , it had improved algorythims for transmitting/recieving data. so I thought Id get that update. but it froze in the middle of it and I spent about 5 hours working on it and I FINALLY got it working and I got the update there.. but i just have a feeling since it froze something could be wrong If anyone knows anything please help but basically i've tested all the settings. just if you know any good ones please tell me (for my wrt54g router) I'm using a dhcp. My network info -router ip 192.168.x.x subnet mask 255.255.255.0 -mode-g only -channel- 11 2.462ghz I made the SSID -Home with WEP Disabled ( I check periodically. I never encounter outside people) -Dmz is disabled -Block wan request-enabled (-- I like this .its very good . i can't get port scanned) ah i have lineage ports forwarded. If anyone knows. whats a good beacon interval time?. default is 100ms. I changed it around a few tims and I have it at 500ms. (its supposed to send requests to syncronize the network. Thats it for that now for my wmp54g pci card my advanced settings are -Antenna Diversity- Auto -BSS PLCP Header- Auto (short/long) -Fragmentation Threshhold -2346 (optimal shouldnt be changed) -IBSS 54g(tm) mode - 54g Auto -IBSS 54g(tm) protection mode- Auto -IBSS channel number- 6 (defualt) I tried 11 but it was slow after that -Locale- USA -Locally administered Mac address-Not present (since my isp is dhcp i cant do this) -rate- use best rate (default was 1) -Roaming Decision (any help??)- Default (2options are optimize bandwith and optimize distant) -RTS Threshold -2347 -Optimized and hsouldnt be changed Any help?? WOuld help me a lot thanks!! (I'm actually posting this on a few different sites)

oh yeah i'm probably 50 feet from my router. 3 floors above it and through a lot of walls though. I get 1\3-1\2 signal strenth and link quality

"but I dont get it on the wired connection." Of course not. You are figuratively dragging your signal through the dirt with your wireless. Either increase the power, decrease the distance, and/or decrease the interference. Those are your options. "I'm using a dhcp." Why? Pick a static address. "i can't get port scanned" If you have any outside ports which respond to any traffic, you can be scanned. Scanners are not just pinging. "whats a good beacon interval time?" 100ms is fine. Don't expect a higher value to help you recieve more packets - a connection needs to orient itself continuously with its network for quality of service. "through a lot of walls" Walls are not the problem. The electrical cabling in them is creating electromagnetic fields, which naturally draw particles to their orientation. Of course, your computer is doing the same thing (not so bad as the cables though).

Make sure the router is not setting on a metal cabinet and is away from the wall, and that the laptop is not on a metal desk. Also make sure there are no 2.4Gh cordless phones in the building near you and your router. I assume you have experimented with antenna orientations. When doing firmware updates, use a cable link and unplug the router from the modem just to be safe. Neighbor recently got one and had the same sort of problem(s). Got the 7/21/2003 update and it helped a lot. He talked directly to the LinkSys developers and they admitted they are still working on signal quality and compatibility problems, and expect a series of firmware updates over the next few months. They recommend that if he is having quality or range problems, that he change his Transmission Rate setting from AUTO, to a much lower forced rate, and strongly recommend the 11Mb setting used by the older equipment. He now gets much better quality and greater range, 250 feet works fine to his PDA. This lower rate should be just fine if you are running only one or two wi-fi links. The router only has a 10Mb connection to the modem any way, and the Internet DSL link is most likely down in the 1.5Mb range. So this lower setting should only effect Local Network connections between systems. (Of course he was upset because he was also trying to link his laptop to his network server and wanted the fastest transfer rate.)

"Why? Pick a static address." Well I am trying that. My sister (has a laptop and is the other one with the wireless connection) and she has a pw on it so I can't go on it unless shes home (shes always gone) last week i used static for my comp and the wired but after 1 day it stoped working (I had 3rd dns as my router with my router dhcp up) Did my sisters dynamic cause the problem? Once my sister gets home i'm going to change it back to static "Walls are not the problem. The electrical cabling in them is creating electromagnetic fields" So I have my all my cables and plugs basically to the side of my computer. IF I move that . that will reduce the magnetic feild? "If you have any outside ports which respond to any traffic, you can be scanned. Scanners are not just pinging." Sorry. Let me clarify. I can get scanned yes. But they can't detect if the port is open/closed. I tested it out on a different computer because this is my first linksys router. Thank you. I'm going to reduce my transmission rate to that speed. I hope that helps. Thanks!

Electrical current produces a mangetic field. This is why there are such things as shielded and/or twisted cable (both mediate the problem of interference). If the signal was traveling through the wall with the washer and dryer circuit, then you might want to rethink your layout. As it is, you probably have normal 15-20 Amps in a given wall circuit. Also, interference comes from other devices which share the same frequency spectrum (2.4Ghz). These include microwaves, cordless phones (multi-station sets particularly), Bluetooth devices, and even florescent lights. You just need to know that your wireless signal is fighting for its reception. This is why you can get devices to boost the power or antennas to direct it reliably. As a side not, JackG brought up the most important point regarding firmware updates. Wireless networks have different challenges from wired networks in regards to ensuring reliability and quality of service. There are still many vendors refining their firmware in these areas. The higher speeds still compromise the connection at this point, so there is a lot learning and tweaking going on about where the optimal bandwidth for the current standards, firmware, and network devices is.