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so i followed some tut on how to get it on my linksys v8; all went well, works fine BUT i see no difference in this vs. the linksys firmware, so i did some research found out the tx level can be raised so i take it to 70mW like recommended, i thought i would get 5 bars through out the house? i get like 3 in the basement which is what i got with the linksys firmware.

can anyone else help me with the settings to pump this thing up i want more signal, do i need new antennas? im new to this router stuff sorry if this is a stupid question but i would appreciate any feedback thanks.
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All firmware will do is offer more options... you are still limited by the specs of the hardware. That being said, I also run DD-WRT for the extra features/filter settings etc.

I wouldn't really go by how many "bars" you have anyway. If the signal is good and pretty stable, especially in the basement, be grateful. lol

My router is on the 2nd floor, and 2 floors down in the basement my Wii and PS3 still pick up a signal.

I have both the antennaes practically horizontal... really haven't done any testing to see if that helps with the signal in the basement, but I have already convinced myself that it helps. lol Edited by oolatec
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i used to have this firmware on my linksys wrt54gl and its decent, but i like tomato more because of the stability.

my advice would be to get some omni 7dbi antennas. simple boosting the tx signal to 70mw is also going to give more distortion in the signal itself.
if you get the antennas and boost the signal to 42mw from the stock 28mw, you`ll get a good connection everywhere in your house (i know from experience).

also, if you have problems with the wrt54g v8 (which i assume you mean with v8), you could get a wrt54gl for $50. the wrt54gl also has the advantage of more
ram memory (16mb opposed to the 8mb on the wrt54g v8).
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They are only 8/6dbi. Wouldn't help one bit. The one thing about the higher gain antennas is that they can get very pricey.

Are you getting ok reception in the basement? Are you able to browse the net/download etc. like normal?
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QUOTE (oolatec @ Feb 27 2008, 02:32 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
They are only 8/6dbi. Wouldn't help one bit. The one thing about the higher gain antennas is that they can get very pricey.


i used to have a very poor signal but this kit really helped, especially when i also boosted the signal to 42mw. but yes, it is expensive.
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QUOTE (zeppyrkr @ Feb 27 2008, 02:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
yeah ... but i thought maybe it could be faster? idk i get fine downloads and stuff its just im always looking for better and faster stuff lol


in theory the wireless G hardware should be able to do a max. of 54 megabits per second, but in reality the maximum speed is half of that in
the most ideal situation (20 feet from router).

my internet connection is 20 megabits per second and sometimes the wireless connection speed is below that. because i want to utilize the full speed
i`m gonna purchase a wireless N router. so you might also want to get one of those if you have a fast connection, they`re not too expensive on ebay.
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Be very happy with those speeds.

Personally I don't usually go with wireless, but then again, I kind of enjoy fiddling around with the wires when I'm bored. Just carry my hookah around with me as I'm threading.
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QUOTE (Bulldog_916 @ Feb 26 2008, 10:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I'm sorry but Linksys isnt my preferred brand anymore. I used to have one and had to power cycle it one or more times every 2-3 weeks. Gets rather annoying. Netgear > Linksys. Good luck.


I have Netgear wireless cards, but I had a Netgear router that was complete sh!t. The recent Linksys WRT54G revisions are also crap (everything version 5 and later due to cutting the flash and RAM by half and using VxWorks as the OS). I have a WRT54GL and have been extremely happy with it - it's basically a WRT54G v4 with minor modifications. I have Tomato (with an OpenVPN mod) installed on it. I just ordered another so I can experiment with OpenWRT without taking out my internet connection. Edited by BrotherBuford
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And upon getting my third(!) WRT54GL I did the hardware hack last night that lets it use SD/MMC cards so it has 3.7GB internal flash rather than just 4MB. I'm using OpenWRT on it though. DD-WRT I think has support for it, but OpenWRT is more my style.
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QUOTE (BrotherBuford @ Mar 20 2008, 08:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
And upon getting my third(!) WRT54GL I did the hardware hack last night that lets it use SD/MMC cards so it has 3.7GB internal flash rather than just 4MB. I'm using OpenWRT on it though. DD-WRT I think has support for it, but OpenWRT is more my style.


what can you use all that extra memory for, besides running a small server?
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QUOTE (BrotherBuford @ Mar 20 2008, 08:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
And upon getting my third(!) WRT54GL I did the hardware hack last night that lets it use SD/MMC cards so it has 3.7GB internal flash rather than just 4MB. I'm using OpenWRT on it though. DD-WRT I think has support for it, but OpenWRT is more my style.


what can you use all that extra memory for, besides running a small server?


Right now I've just got it set up as a Samba server, and there is a 4 MB swapfile on the flash card since the WRT54GL doesn't have much internal RAM. Most I've seen it use of the swap is around a meg and a half.



The old DMZ LED lights up when there is activity on the card, so I replaced it with a yellow one so it would stand out. The two LEDS behind the button on the front light up as well (the white one when there are writes to the flash).



It's a neat hack and not really all that hard to do.

EDIT: I installed squid on it last night to act as a caching web proxy for the LAN, and jacked the swapfile to 16MB. Squid and its necessary libraries are too big to put on a stock WRT54GL (and you need cache space anyway, and it uses enough RAM you need a swapfile). Edited by BrotherBuford
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QUOTE (zeppyrkr @ Feb 26 2008, 07:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
so i followed some tut on how to get it on my linksys v8; all went well, works fine BUT i see no difference in this vs. the linksys firmware, so i did some research found out the tx level can be raised so i take it to 70mW like recommended, i thought i would get 5 bars through out the house? i get like 3 in the basement which is what i got with the linksys firmware.

can anyone else help me with the settings to pump this thing up i want more signal, do i need new antennas? im new to this router stuff sorry if this is a stupid question but i would appreciate any feedback thanks.


In reference to the original question, bumping the Tx won't help much. It will potentially throw interference to the nearby channels since some channels used for wireless networking overlap. Upping the Tx will make it seem like you have a stronger signal by the number of bars you'll see, but the transmit power of the receiving PC won't be any better than before so you still have the same problem. You'd have to be able to boost it on both ends.

Or just get a better antenna, as stated earlier.
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