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Poor performance with WET11 + WRT54GS & Comcast.net

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leopard96

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Apr 18, 2004
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Hi All,

I currently have a WET11 on our second floor and a WRT54GS on the first floor. There is no wiring between the two and I have the WET11 providing a wireless connection from a Netgear switch to the WRT54GS. I've recently upgraded my Comcast service to 8 Mbps but I can only pull about 3 from the upstairs. When I plug in to the LAN port on the WRT54GS I get 6.5 to 7.5 (expected) without any trouble. The connection status on the WET11 configuration page says it is connected at 11 Mbps to the WRT54GS but I can't seem to pull any more than 3 or so. The signal strength is steady at 85% sometimes more.

Would a higher powered antenna provide me with any more boost to increase the speed of the upstairs segment or will I need to look at wiring the two together?

Any thoughts or suggestions are much appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
 
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