N66U: inSSISer RSSI's

[zuqka]

Dear all,

I would really be grateful if some of you would/could share your inSSISer results because am not sure if these values are normal:

5GHz: 61
2GHz: 47

6-7m distance and a old house wall in between.

40 MHZ
WPA2
AES on both
(157.12 Merlin build)

Here's the PCIe card:
TP-Link TL-WDN4800 N Dual Band PCI Express Adapter (450Mbps), latest Atheros drivers ver. 10.0.0.75
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B006PMX964/

and the antenna I use:
Netgear ANT32405 ProSafe 5 dBi 3x3
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B002AUUOSG/

I recorded just for short time these values but they wont last long:

5GHz: 37
2.4GHz: 27

Thx in advance

 

[Heyw00d]

Similar distance to yourself; two plaster walls between RT-N66U and HTPC with Netgear WNDA3100v2 attached:
5GHz (Ch 149 + 153) = -36 @ 450Mbps
2.4GHz (Ch 10) = -43 @ 216Mbps

 

[VinMan]

RT-N66U on 2nd Floor
inSSIDer readings on 1st Floor
Approximately 7-8m from router

Laptop has Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 AGN
5GHz (Ch 44 + 48) = -50 @ 450Mbps
2.4GHz (Ch 1) = -43 @ 216Mbps


Interesting to see others getting 216Mbps on 2.4GHz. Wondering why inSSIDDer doesn't read at least 300Mbps on 2.4GHz

 

[RMerlin]

RT-N66U on 2nd Floor
inSSIDer readings on 1st Floor
Approximately 7-8m from router

Laptop has Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 AGN
5GHz (Ch 44 + 48) = -50 @ 450Mbps
2.4GHz (Ch 1) = -43 @ 216Mbps


Interesting to see others getting 216Mbps on 2.4GHz. Wondering why inSSIDDer doesn't read at least 300Mbps on 2.4GHz

215 Mbps sounds like 20 MHz channel width instead of 40 MHz.

 

[thiggins]

Interesting to see others getting 216Mbps on 2.4GHz. Wondering why inSSIDDer doesn't read at least 300Mbps on 2.4GHz

To expand a bit on Merlin's reply.

216 Mbps is the max link rate for three-stream N in 20 MHz bandwidth mode.
450 Mbps is the max link rate for three-stream N in 40 MHz bandwidth mode.

130 Mbps is max link rate for two-stream N in 20 MHz bandwidth mode
300 Mbps is max link rate for two-stream N in 40 MHz bandwidth mode

 

[ahurst]

RT-N66U on 2nd Floor
inSSIDer readings on 1st Floor
Approximately 7-8m from router

Laptop has Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 AGN
5GHz (Ch 44 + 48) = -50 @ 450Mbps
2.4GHz (Ch 1) = -43 @ 216Mbps


Interesting to see others getting 216Mbps on 2.4GHz. Wondering why inSSIDDer doesn't read at least 300Mbps on 2.4GHz

I have been looking to buy a laptop with the 6300 or the Killer 1103 - can I ask what laptop you have? Did you find many choices with 3x3 wireless?

 

[wooglins]

RT-N66U on 2nd Floor
inSSIDer readings on 1st Floor
Approximately 7-8m from router

Laptop has Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 AGN
5GHz (Ch 44 + 48) = -50 @ 450Mbps
2.4GHz (Ch 1) = -43 @ 216Mbps


Interesting to see others getting 216Mbps on 2.4GHz. Wondering why inSSIDDer doesn't read at least 300Mbps on 2.4GHz

You have to configure the 2.4 section very specifically if you want 450 on 2.4.

Specifically you have to select 40mhz, and you have to specify your control channel. If you leave the control channel set to auto, and or leave the width set to 20/40 the N spec requires it to drop the 40mhz if interference is detected by the router. By hard setting these values you avoid this issue.

 

[VinMan]

I have been looking to buy a laptop with the 6300 or the Killer 1103 - can I ask what laptop you have? Did you find many choices with 3x3 wireless?

To be exact I have the Intel Ultimate N 6333ANHMW Mini PCIe card .

Its installed on an Dell INSPIRON E1505 laptop.

I bought it off of Amazon, for around $38 and installed it.

Had stability issues with the card when using Intel's latest drivers with it. But after some research and trial and error I got it to work with Intel Driver version 13.0.0.107.

At the time, I couldn't find any other 3x3 Mini PCIe cards available for purchase until you told me about the Bigfoot Networks KillerN-1103 3x3. The Bigfoot looks promising, but they only have Windows 7 drivers. I am running Windows Vista on mine.

 

[VinMan]

You have to configure the 2.4 section very specifically if you want 450 on 2.4.

Specifically you have to select 40mhz, and you have to specify your control channel. If you leave the control channel set to auto, and or leave the width set to 20/40 the N spec requires it to drop the 40mhz if interference is detected by the router. By hard setting these values you avoid this issue.

Unfortunately I have to many 2.4 GHz wireless networks around me, occupying all of the 2.4 GHz channels. So I can not hard set 40mhz because of to much interference. But on 5 GHz, I have only one neighbor on it, with available channels to avoid them.