Ref: Dlink DI-624 and DWL-G650 signal issue

External Since: May 05, 2004 Posts: 2

I am still having this issue, but interestingly enough if I move the
laptop to another room the signal strength jumps up to 100%. (25 feet
or so, with a wall in between). So I do not really know what is going
on.

From: bulent (bulentnews@yahoo.com)
Subject: Dlink DI-624 and DWL-G650 signal issue

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Date: 2004-05-05 19:02:40 PST

Hi,

I just purchased a DI 624 Rev C and a DWL-G650 for my Toshiba
Satellite runnung on Win 98. My problem is I seem to be dropping the
connection and my biggest issue is the signal quality goes to 60%
sometimes, and the signal strength almost never goes past 70%. The
laptop and the router are 1-2 feet apart. How come I can't get 100%
signal? I disabled WEP encryption, nothing changed. I also cannot
get 108 mbps although all the settings for it are on. I even upgraded
the firmware to 2.42 just recently.

What do you think? Should I dump this and get a Linksys instead?
Message 2 in thread
From: Yousuf Khan (news.20.bbbl67@spamgourmet.com)
Subject: Re: Dlink DI-624 and DWL-G650 signal issue

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Date: 2004-05-06 19:33:34 PST

bulent wrote:
> I just purchased a DI 624 Rev C and a DWL-G650 for my Toshiba
> Satellite runnung on Win 98. My problem is I seem to be dropping the
> connection and my biggest issue is the signal quality goes to 60%
> sometimes, and the signal strength almost never goes past 70%. The
> laptop and the router are 1-2 feet apart. How come I can't get 100%
> signal? I disabled WEP encryption, nothing changed. I also cannot
> get 108 mbps although all the settings for it are on. I even upgraded
> the firmware to 2.42 just recently.
>
> What do you think? Should I dump this and get a Linksys instead?

Don't know what could be causing the lousy signal strength, have you
got a
concrete wall between the router and laptop? Anyways, in my DI-614+
router,
if you go to the Advanced-Performance tabs in its administration page,
there's an "antenna transmit power" setting, see if raising or even
lowering
that doesn't help? Actually, I was recently reading an article on
TechTV
about if you have neighbours with WiFi equipment too, and if they're
using
their extra performance generating features, they'll pretty much bog
down
the rest of the neighbourhood and make everybody else's WiFi slower.
Here's
the link:

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.techtv.com/callforhelp/products/story/0,24330,3671189,00.html" target="_blank">http://www.techtv.com/callforhelp/products/story/0,24330,3671189,00.html</a>

Anyways, as for why you're not getting 108 Mbps, the answer is
obviously
because you don't have enough signal strength. You need at least 80%
signal
strength to get those additional speedups.

Yousuf Khan
Message 3 in thread
From: Mike Greene (revmwgreene@comcast.net)
Subject: Re: Dlink DI-624 and DWL-G650 signal issue

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Date: 2004-05-14 21:28:02 PST

Go into the router's configuration utility and click on the Advanced
tab and
the Performance button. Set the Super G Mode to Super G with "Static"
Turbo. You should then see 108 Mbps speed.

1-877-DLINK, 24-7

"Yousuf Khan" <news.20.bbbl67.DeleteThis@spamgourmet.com> wrote in message
news:RzCmc.19108$urx.9659@news04.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com...
> bulent wrote:
  > > I just purchased a DI 624 Rev C and a DWL-G650 for my Toshiba
  > > Satellite runnung on Win 98. My problem is I seem to be dropping the
  > > connection and my biggest issue is the signal quality goes to 60%
  > > sometimes, and the signal strength almost never goes past 70%. The
  > > laptop and the router are 1-2 feet apart. How come I can't get 100%
  > > signal? I disabled WEP encryption, nothing changed. I also cannot
  > > get 108 mbps although all the settings for it are on. I even upgraded
  > > the firmware to 2.42 just recently.
  > >
  > > What do you think? Should I dump this and get a Linksys instead?
>
> Don't know what could be causing the lousy signal strength, have you got a
> concrete wall between the router and laptop? Anyways, in my DI-614+ router,
> if you go to the Advanced-Performance tabs in its administration page,
> there's an "antenna transmit power" setting, see if raising or even lowering
> that doesn't help? Actually, I was recently reading an article on TechTV
> about if you have neighbours with WiFi equipment too, and if they're using
> their extra performance generating features, they'll pretty much bog down
> the rest of the neighbourhood and make everybody else's WiFi slower. Here's
> the link:
>
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.techtv.com/callforhelp/products/story/0,24330,3671189,00.html</font" target="_blank">http://www.techtv.com/callforhelp/products/story/0,24330,3671189,00.ht...lt;/fon</a>>
>
> Anyways, as for why you're not getting 108 Mbps, the answer is obviously
> because you don't have enough signal strength. You need at least 80% signal
> strength to get those additional speedups.
>
> Yousuf Khan
>
>
Message 4 in thread
From: Zack (keayon@hotmail.com)
Subject: Re: Dlink DI-624 and DWL-G650 signal issue

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Date: 2004-06-03 08:01:29 PST

Are you still having this issue?

bulentnews.DeleteThis@yahoo.com (bulent) wrote in message news:<70f5edf8.0405051802.7855314e.DeleteThis@posting.google.com>...
> Hi,
>
> I just purchased a DI 624 Rev C and a DWL-G650 for my Toshiba
> Satellite runnung on Win 98. My problem is I seem to be dropping the
> connection and my biggest issue is the signal quality goes to 60%
> sometimes, and the signal strength almost never goes past 70%. The
> laptop and the router are 1-2 feet apart. How come I can't get 100%
> signal? I disabled WEP encryption, nothing changed. I also cannot
> get 108 mbps although all the settings for it are on. I even upgraded
> the firmware to 2.42 just recently.
>
> What do you think? Should I dump this and get a Linksys instead?
Message 5 in thread
From: Hank G. (hanknycNOSPAM@earthlink.net)
Subject: Re: Dlink DI-624 and DWL-G650 signal issue

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Date: 2004-06-05 07:49:26 PST

Yeah, I'd be interested in how this was resolved too since I am having
the
same problem with the same equipment.

I have two desk units with the DWL-G520 pci cards communicating with
that
same access point and they have great signal strength. Not the
DWL-G650
laptop card, though. I can't get signal strength over 50% no matter
how
close I am to the access point.

"Zack" <keayon.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:dbeda6c8.0406030701.91e1418@posting.google.com...
> Are you still having this issue?
>
>
> bulentnews.DeleteThis@yahoo.com (bulent) wrote in message news:<70f5edf8.0405051802.7855314e.DeleteThis@posting.google.com>...
  > > Hi,
  > >
  > > I just purchased a DI 624 Rev C and a DWL-G650 for my Toshiba
  > > Satellite runnung on Win 98. My problem is I seem to be dropping the
  > > connection and my biggest issue is the signal quality goes to 60%
  > > sometimes, and the signal strength almost never goes past 70%. The
  > > laptop and the router are 1-2 feet apart. How come I can't get 100%
  > > signal? I disabled WEP encryption, nothing changed. I also cannot
  > > get 108 mbps although all the settings for it are on. I even upgraded
  > > the firmware to 2.42 just recently.
  > >
  > > What do you think? Should I dump this and get a Linksys instead?
Message 6 in thread
From: daytripper (day_trippr@REMOVEyahoo.com)
Subject: Re: Dlink DI-624 and DWL-G650 signal issue

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Date: 2004-06-05 08:03:18 PST

On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 14:49:26 GMT, "Hank G."
<hanknycNOSPAM.DeleteThis@earthlink.net>
wrote:
>"Zack" <keayon.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:dbeda6c8.0406030701.91e1418@posting.google.com...
  >> Are you still having this issue?
  >>
  >>
  >> bulentnews.DeleteThis@yahoo.com (bulent) wrote in message news:<70f5edf8.0405051802.7855314e.DeleteThis@posting.google.com>...
   >> > Hi,
   >> >
   >> > I just purchased a DI 624 Rev C and a DWL-G650 for my Toshiba
   >> > Satellite runnung on Win 98. My problem is I seem to be dropping
the
   >> > connection and my biggest issue is the signal quality goes to 60%
   >> > sometimes, and the signal strength almost never goes past 70%.
The
   >> > laptop and the router are 1-2 feet apart. How come I can't get
100%
   >> > signal? I disabled WEP encryption, nothing changed. I also
cannot
   >> > get 108 mbps although all the settings for it are on. I even
upgraded
   >> > the firmware to 2.42 just recently.
   >> >
   >> > What do you think? Should I dump this and get a Linksys instead?
>
>Yeah, I'd be interested in how this was resolved too since I am
having the
>same problem with the same equipment.
>
>I have two desk units with the DWL-G520 pci cards communicating with
that
>same access point and they have great signal strength. Not the
DWL-G650
>laptop card, though. I can't get signal strength over 50% no matter
how
>close I am to the access point.

Maybe it's the vendor's software support applet that is wrong and the
hardware
really *is* achieving full received signal strength?
Message 7 in thread
From: Hank G. (hanknycNOSPAM@earthlink.net)
Subject: Re: Dlink DI-624 and DWL-G650 signal issue

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Date: 2004-06-05 19:19:30 PST

Well, Microsoft's Wireless Connection status icon says signal strength
is
excellent even when Dlink says it's poor.

"daytripper" <day_trippr.DeleteThis@REMOVEyahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 14:49:26 GMT, "Hank G." <hanknycNOSPAM.DeleteThis@earthlink.net>
> wrote:
  > >"Zack" <keayon.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
  > >news:dbeda6c8.0406030701.91e1418@posting.google.com...
   > >> Are you still having this issue?
   > >>
   > >>
   > >> bulentnews.DeleteThis@yahoo.com (bulent) wrote in message news:<70f5edf8.0405051802.7855314e.DeleteThis@posting.google.com>...
   > >> > Hi,
   > >> >
   > >> > I just purchased a DI 624 Rev C and a DWL-G650 for my Toshiba
   > >> > Satellite runnung on Win 98. My problem is I seem to be dropping the
   > >> > connection and my biggest issue is the signal quality goes to 60%
   > >> > sometimes, and the signal strength almost never goes past 70%. The
   > >> > laptop and the router are 1-2 feet apart. How come I can't get 100%
   > >> > signal? I disabled WEP encryption, nothing changed. I also cannot
   > >> > get 108 mbps although all the settings for it are on. I even upgraded
   > >> > the firmware to 2.42 just recently.
   > >> >
   > >> > What do you think? Should I dump this and get a Linksys instead?
  > >
  > >Yeah, I'd be interested in how this was resolved too since I am having the
  > >same problem with the same equipment.
  > >
  > >I have two desk units with the DWL-G520 pci cards communicating with that
  > >same access point and they have great signal strength. Not the DWL-G650
  > >laptop card, though. I can't get signal strength over 50% no matter how
  > >close I am to the access point.
>
> Maybe it's the vendor's software support applet that is wrong and the hardware
> really *is* achieving full received signal strength?

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