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Ok thanks for all the replies. So far I wasn't lucky I am waiting for
my new laptop to arrive so I connected the router wired to my deesktop.
Every hour or so it disconnected from the network. Icon in taskbar
saying missing network connection. My neighbour baught the same one and
his has no problems. I configured his so I know it isn't between the
screen and the chair. I went to exchange it and this one seems better
but still disconnect maybe once a day that I noticed. So I will try it
a little longer hopefully with no problems..
Eric wrote:
> erables40 wrote in message ..
> > I just baught this wireless router because it had a great special on
> > it, and because of the speed advertised. I did some research on google
> > and seems a lot of people have been having connection stability
> > problems and weak signals.
> > I baught it to use with a future laptop purchase I will be making.
> > My questions are:
> > are the problems people state with this product still occuring or are
> > the newer models OK?
> > I baught this thing for it's advertised speed, but if I understand it
> > correctly you need a special d-link laptop card in order to take
> > advantage of the speed. Most laptops now already have a wireless card
> > built in so I doubt I will buy another card. So is this unit really
> > worth it in speed compared to others, if using the original laptop
> > wireless system?
> > I have 30 days to test it but don't know if I will have my laptop by
> > then so I am wondering if I should take it out of the box or bring it
> > back, and wait for a linksys or netgear to come on special.
> > Thanks in advance.
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm using primarily all DLink hardware, so I'm pretty familiar with the
> pecularities of DLink's proprietary "turbo" scheme.
>
> My main router is a DI-764 (802.11a/b, which "turbo") from their
> discontinued "AirPro" line. I've had this router for several years now and
> it continues to work just fine. The "turbo" is also still completetly
> compatible with DLink's new "AirPremier" line. Recently swapped out an
> older "AirPro" card in one of my towers that began giving problems after a
> few years for an "AirPremier" card. The new card's "turbo" for 802.11a
> proved to work just fine with the DI-764.
>
> I have several DWL-7100AP (802.11a/g/b, also "turbo". These are in DLink's
> "AirPremier" line. Use these as an additional AP and repeaters.
>
> A mix bag of "AirPro" and "AirPremier" client stuff -- laptop cards, desktop
> cards, wireless-ethernet adapters, ect.
>
> So, does the "turbo" really make that much a difference? I can easily say,
> yes, it does for me. I never benchmarked data throughputs, as I really
> didn't need to since it worked well enough that had no reason to t/s. I do
> a lot of video work, requiring the transfer of exceeding large files locally
> kept on "file servers". (I like to do the actual work on my laptop, but
> store them in towers.) In my experience, 802.11a (turbo) gives me the best
> pipe based on transfer times. Also, 802.11a (turbo) allows me to work on,
> and stream, these files in real time seamlessly. No complaints. 802.11g
> (turbo) works fairly well, but with occassional hiccups while streaming.
> 802.11b is choppy. As was mentioned in this thread, actual throughput will
> be no where near the marketed (and shown on your connection icon) 108Mbs.
>
> If all you are wanting to do with a wireless network is pass internet
> traffic, I wouldn't worry about the "turbo" rates at all. Even if you get
> the DI-624, I wouldn't worry about getting a DLink card that supports
> "turbo" for your new laptop. Its built-in vanilla 802.11g will be more than
> sufficient for just internet traffic. Unless, of course, you are lucky
> enough to have a T3 or greater at home. :^)
>
> My internet (cable) is 5Mbs and even vanilla 802.11b (11 Mbs) has proved to
> be a sufficient pipe for internet traffic. Perhaps, out of curiosity, I'll
> do some benchmarking of local WLAN throughputs later. 802.11a (turbo) has
> worked exceptionally well for me with local traffic. I wouldn't recommend
> the extra cost of 802.11a to anyone, unless they have a strong need to pass
> large files around locally -- and know their home's construction won't be
> problem. (Many people find 802.11a, which is at 5 Ghz, to be a problem in
> their home. It has less range than 802.11g/b, 2.4 Ghz, and some folk's
> walls really attenuate the heck out of it.)
>
> Anyway, the "peculiarities" with DLink "turbo":
>
> - For "turbo" to remain active on a particular SSID, all connected clients
> must support "turbo" and have it enabled. If a client connects that doesn't
> support "turbo" (or even a client that does support "turbo", but moves out
> of range where it can remained enabled) then all the clients on the SSID
> fall back to standard vanilla data rates.
>
> - For turbo to remain enabled, the clients have to a fairly decent receive
> signal level or they will fall back to standard rates, taking everything
> else on the SSID back with them (as above). With my AP's and clients, found
> the mininum RSL to be ~65%.
>
> - For "turbo" to be enabled, the SSID must be set at center channel (6 for
> 802.11g/b, 58 for 802.11a). In "turbo", what it is actually doing is using
> all the channels. You may have interference problems if you got other stuff
> going on in the air.
>
> - If you start playing around with repeaters later, DLink doesn't really
> cover specific documentation, so expect to do a bit of trial and error --
> including playing with different firmware versions. I found that, with my
> DWL-7100's, I could get "turbo" to be repeated on one band but not both.
> Even so, you still take performance hits going through repeaters -- "turbo"
> or not. I.e., with "turbo" enabled for 802.11a (going through repeater), I
> still find it be a better pipe than with it disabled -- but still not as
> efficient as connecting to the 802.11a SSID before it is repeated.
>
> To summarize, basically if you are wanting to do local traffic, then it
> probably will be worthwhile getting "turbo" capable cards, providing
> everything will be "turbo" capable and within a decent RSL range. If all
> you want is internet traffic, I wouldn't worry about it. As for the DI-624,
> never used it myself but one of my friends has no complaints with that
> particular router/AP. It also seems to be pretty popular.
>
> Hope that was somewhat helpful...
>
> Cheers,
> Eric
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