determining wifi frequency conflicts

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i just ordered the rt-n56u right now. hopefully this wifi issue i have gets resolved even if it's completely unanswered by i'd get a piddly 1-2mpbs sometimes, then i can get up to 18-19mpbs at nigth (speakeasy, comcast speedtest and speedtest.net). and that's with all other devices turned off (wifi printer, nas, other machines, baby video monitor, baby sound monitor, etc).

at least i hear asus is responsive and i see them help out on the (bad reviews) on amazon.

am going to have to do some crawling under the house, line up come cabling so i can hardwire as much as i can, and put the router in middle of house. probably will need a gigabit dumb hub for the tv and bluray in the living room so i only route 1 cable.

[sholling]

i just ordered the rt-n56u right now. hopefully this wifi issue i have gets resolved even if it's completely unanswered by i'd get a piddly 1-2mpbs sometimes, then i can get up to 18-19mpbs at nigth (speakeasy, comcast speedtest and speedtest.net). and that's with all other devices turned off (wifi printer, nas, other machines, baby video monitor, baby sound monitor, etc).

This is from my laptop using an Intel Ultimate-N 6300 over 5ghz on a 35/35Mb FiOS connection. It could be better but the router is on the other end of my house. My hardwired desktop tests just a bit over 30/30.

am going to have to do some crawling under the house, line up come cabling so i can hardwire as much as i can, and put the router in middle of house. probably will need a gigabit dumb hub for the tv and bluray in the living room so i only route 1 cable.

I used a DAP-1522 in bridge mode for my A/V gear but have since hardwired. Netflix is easy over wireless but I find that streaming ripped (but paid for) BD ISOs just work a whole lot better over a wired network. I've read that's because it requires a sustained 55Mb/s but don't hold me to that and it could well be just internet BS.

A single cable to an inexpensive gigabit switch should be fine because most media devices only have a 100Mb adapter anyway.

FWIW if you're looking at media players I've been really happy with running a Roku XS for internet streaming and a Netgear NeoTV 550 for playing movies and 24bit FLACs stored on my server.

[RHT447]

Anybody know of any issues with the PG&E dumb meters? I understand that they transmit on 2.4ghz .

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i've not had that issue. but the pge meter is on front of the house pretty much away from my router. i did not have any isues when pge installed the new meter.

sholling,
i just got my asus rt-56u today. at least with wifi and same conditions, my speedtests are almost as fast as my wired speedtests. can't explain why but compared to my ddwrt configured wrt54g, it is SIGNIFICANTLY faster at 2.4ghz and 5ghz.

signal is still a little weak to other diagonal end of house with the current physical state (have another thread on new future network layout). i'll still use my 2nd ddwrt wrt54g as a bridged repeater for now until all is sorted out.

i'm so used to ddwrt that i had a little trouble finding where to configure the asus. only part i cannot find right now is port forwarding.

[sholling]

i just got my asus rt-56u today. at least with wifi and same conditions, my speedtests are almost as fast as my wired speedtests. can't explain why but compared to my ddwrt configured wrt54g, it is SIGNIFICANTLY faster at 2.4ghz and 5ghz.

signal is still a little weak to other diagonal end of house with the current physical state (have another thread on new future network layout). i'll still use my 2nd ddwrt wrt54g as a bridged repeater for now until all is sorted out.

i'm so used to ddwrt that i had a little trouble finding where to configure the asus. only part i cannot find right now is port forwarding.

It's a pretty nifty little router . Even after hard wiring what I was doing before the Asus was running gigabit from my old D-Link DIR-825 to my old DAP-1522s (one each in 2.4 & 5ghz modes) only this time setup to be access-points closer to the center of the house. The DIR-825's wireless-N at the far side of the house just didn't have the reach to give me a good signal on my laptop (5ghz) or my smartphone and Kindle (2.4ghz). Sitting in the same place where the 825 was the Asus reaches the whole house and I don't have to bother with access points. Once you get your house cabled for gigabit you may still want a 802.11N access point on the other side of the house just so that the laptops and tablets can be used when you move from desk to recliner to the kitchen (recipes).