From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 9 08:26:48 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD66016A4CE for ; Fri, 9 Jan 2004 08:26:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from mxsf06.cluster1.charter.net (mxsf06.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.206]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21EEC43D3F for ; Fri, 9 Jan 2004 08:26:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bobbymartin@charter.net) Received: from BOB (ip-wv-68-117-153-239.charterwv.net [68.117.153.239]) i09GKYOh059936 for ; Fri, 9 Jan 2004 11:20:34 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bobbymartin@charter.net) Message-ID: <000601c3d6cc$81d72960$6600a8c0@BOB> From: "Bob Martin" To: Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 11:20:33 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: General Wireless Network Question X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2004 16:26:48 -0000 Just completed a wireless setup. I am using a hi-gain antenna to see = my friend's wireless network. He is about 250 feet from my house. I have = an excellent signal strength (80%) and my link quality is 80%. My data = connection rate is showing 11Mbps. We are using 11Mbps hardware. When I = checked my bandwidth speed through his wireless network I am seeing a = 1Mbps in speed out of a possible of 2Mbps. He is seeing the normal 2Mbps = bandwidth speed with a 95% signal level on his laptop less than 30 feet = away in his living room. Is what am seeing normal or to be expected = with the 250 feet distance from my house to the access point at his = house. I expected less bandwidth speed but not half with the excellent = signal and quality level that I have with my hi-gain antenna. Is this = just the way wireless networking is or what? Is there anything I can do = to do better then the 1Mbps. Also, friend saw a drop in speed with a drop in signal as he walked = toward my house away for the access point at his house, which I expected = to happen, but when I intentionally dropped my signal and link levels to = a lower signal level I still got the same 1Mbps speed, which didn't make = a lot of sense to me. I did this experiment several times so I know it = was real. What gives with this strange result. Bob Martin (Every day is Saturday, except Sunday)=20 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.560 / Virus Database: 352 - Release Date: 1/8/2004