[MLB-WIRELESS] DLink 900+ speed problems in bridge mode (and link up!)

Drew drew at wirelessanarchy.com
Wed Mar 12 11:05:00 EST 2003


Doesn't look like dlink wants to say what their receive sensitivity 
spec. is in order to operate at 22mb/s (or any other speed for that matter)

Anyone manage to find this info?

>Hi Vak, David, and Pascal (if you're reading :),
>
>Firstly well done David & Pascal, the use of a 'stink stick' to get the
>job done was a brilliant idea! ;)
>
>According to
>http://melbourne.wireless.org.au/nodes/compare.php?id_1=FKY&id_2=GIS it
>says you two have an SOM of 25.42 dB. I thought this was a little high,
>so I recalculated it using specs out of the DWL-900AP+ spec sheet from
>dlink.com.au. I couldn't find the RX sensitivity, so I guessed it was
>around average (-80dBm). I came up with an SOM of 16.5 dB, with
>worst-case cable (3dB). You may want to update your locfinder details..
>I can forward you my excel calc sheet if you like.
>
>Regardless of that, surely there can't be so much noise in your area to
>cause 5.5 Mbps to be the highest rate, unless I'm missing something? If
>you can't get 22 Mbps with the stock antennas, and the access points
>sitting a few metres apart (with nothing in between), there must be
>something wrong with one (or both) of the devices?
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