WAPs Getting In Each Other's Way?
(PeteCresswell)
D-Link DAP-1522 acting just as a WAP, not a bridge.
Asus 901 1.6ghz Atom-powered notebook doing WiFi-N and connected
to the DIR-655's WiFi network - watching .iso movies via VLC
Media Player.
When just the DIR-655 is powered up the notebook's connection is
A-OK: always strong and pretty steady (120-150 kbps per Windows
WiFi window); and the rendering of movies is smooth/seamless.
But when the DAP-1522 is also on line, the notebooks connection
to the DIR-655 seems to get flaky: speeds vary from
minute-to-minute down to 40mbps, up to the occasional 80-some;
and the movies frequently pause for 5-20 seconds at a time so
often that they are not watchable.
Power off the DAP-1522 and things go back to normal.
Nothing is connected to the 655, it's just sitting there,
Ether-netted to the LAN.
Seems like they're butting heads.
Can anybody elucidate?
Workarounds? Maybe something about putting one WAP on one freq
and the other WAP on another freq?
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PeteCresswell
(PeteCresswell)
>Nothing is connected to the 655, it's just sitting there,
Oops...
SHB: Nothing is connected to the 1522, it's just sitting there,
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PeteCresswell
Philip Herlihy
Yes, you should check that they are using different channels, and it's
also worth checking that you're using channels which are least-used in
your neighbourhood. The free netstumbler utility will disclose what's
"busy" around you. You'd change the channels (normally) by connecting
to the device's internal web page by putting http://a.b.c.d where
a.b.c.d is the WAP's IP address. If you don't know this, try
downloading SoftPerfect's (excellent) free network scanner.
Phil, London