not a very stable signal

[bj_orn]

we are havin a little wifi net here

but iam losing the signal a couple of times that makes it freeze in games and the play on anyone got an idea how i can get the signal more stable?????
but its a bit jumpy in when there is no taffic jumping between 13 and 40% in quality and strength but then we start to play or transfer a file its goes down to 13% and then suddenly it just loses the signal

[wirelessboy]

dear bjorn
what AP are u using, what antenna does it have and where in the room is it placed.
does the signal quality drop ?
check the antenna position

[bj_orn]

that was a fast answer :)


im using dlink dwl 120 and dlink 900ap

[wirelessboy]

take a laptop and load the many free site survey or signal strangth measuring tools available and go around the site, is the loss of signal even or only in some places, this will give u an idea about the antenna or box failure if any or any new attenuating objects in the room.

[bj_orn]

i dl netstumbler it said -80 i dont have a clue what it should be since im very new to all this.... and i dont have axx to a laptop : /

[wirelessboy]

dear bjorn, better contact your vendor, well as far as i can understand, -80 is nothing but -80 Dbm of receiver signal strength, which is pretty good, -80 can have a 11 Mbps datarate , in theory at least, practically say 5.5 Mbps.
but netstumbler does not support D-Link. please check with the vendors.
place the DL-120 at a different locations and see the difference.

[Steve Chen]

The problem is poor signal strength. Signal fades fastly with distance, if you can't move the AP, the alternative is changing high gain antenna. Remove the original small black antenna, put a high gain antenna , you'll enjoy high speed WLAN performance.
Please check high gain antenna in www.everfocus.com.tw

Good luck!