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SOLVED: unequal router wifi performance
Posted: 06 Sep 2015, 22:51
by francois
I have an unequal wifi router performance with a dlink dir-601 router. Sometimes it works, at other times it does not work. At times it is slower.
With porteus linked
thru cable my modem is yielding 10 mbps download according to the speed tests:
-speedtest_cli.py:
http://www.tecmint.com/check-internet-s ... -in-linux/
Thru the wifi the same speedtests will catch between 0 and 6 mbps.
Is there something to do with that or just buy another? For streaming purposes what do you propose as a router?
Re: unequal router performance
Posted: 07 Sep 2015, 01:57
by donald
What do you mean?..your wifi is slower than a cable connection?..only sometimes?...
Well, I don't use "speedtest".but I do
root@localhost:~# iwconfig
which shows me (wlan0):
Bit Rate=150 Mb/s (yours may vary)
Also while downloading a File FF shows the speed, (sometimes 2.2Mb sometimes 100kb)
depending on how fast the server is.
Re: unequal router performance
Posted: 07 Sep 2015, 03:14
by francois
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root@porteus:~# iwconfig
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"p4rc"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point:
Bit Rate=65 Mb/s Tx-Power=16 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=58/70 Signal level=-52 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:772 Invalid misc:72 Missed beacon:0
lo no wireless extensions.
root@porteus:~#
Re: unequal router performance
Posted: 07 Sep 2015, 03:53
by donald
It doesn't look too bad except
Tx excessive retries:772
This is a number of packets your card was unable to deliver.
After being online for 6 Hours I have only 63
Maybe you can find a better (router <=> client) position.
Depending on where you live, you might have a lot of wifi networks surrounding you
using the same channel.(?)
Re: unequal router performance
Posted: 07 Sep 2015, 12:56
by francois
You have a good intuition. There is 16 WiFi spot within my laptop range in the building where I live.
Tx excessive retries:772
I have got this figure in only a few minutes of connection.
I am on channel 1 on my router spot. Not only the connection is irregular, being at sometimes very slow, but by moments will not connect at a all.
How do I change the channel? Do I do this from the router?
Re: unequal router wifi performance
Posted: 07 Sep 2015, 13:11
by francois
From the admin router page, thru the wifi manual settings, there are choices to be made:
- I have disable automatic channel scan and choosen channel 6
- I have choosen automatic 20/40 mhz instead of 20 mhz
Wifi downloading speed: 10.10 mbits
Wifi uploading speed: 1.52
Everything is in order. Thanks so much.