RE: Is the OR500 better then the Senao NL-2611 CB3?

Could be due to timing issues (the orinoco bridges don't really have
this issue), or other settings that are different than the OR500's.
Keep in mind these were tuned to be wireless bridges, and your senao was
tuned to be a local LAN station.    

I would make sure the following is done on your new link:

- Turn off ACK's
- Turn off retries
- Turn off flow control RTS/CTS
- Adjust fragmentation settings 
- Turn off WEP

Keep an eye on retries and lost packets.  While you will see some, it
should not be excessive.

I do not know whats available to you as far as statistics, but 70% does
not help us much.  Please indicate the signal and noise levels in dBm.  

According to my calculations, assuming you had a clear path and radios
pretty close to the antenna, you should be coming in at -52.3dBm.  This
is considerably stronger than you were before.  You could have also
introduced some sort of multipath issue.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eddie 
> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 5:20 PM
> To: SeattleWireless Talk List
> Subject: Is the OR500 better then the Senao NL-2611 CB3?
> 
> Hello, 
> 
> I have a strange problem. Since I can't get DSL out in the 
> sticks, I have a 9 mile wireless 802.11b link. I use a set of 
> Orinoco OR500 wireless bridges and some 24db directional 
> antennas. The system is far more complex (ask if you need 
> more details), but the long link is the one I am trying to 
> upgrade.  Right now, I am getting 120- 130KBs over the long 
> link. That is one FTP transfer. If I try to do two things at 
> once, the OR500 slow way down. Sort of a one track mind 
> thing. It's not perfect, but it's better then dial up and I 
> have had zero problems with it over the year I have had it up. 
> 
> But I have a 3Mbs DSL line so I would like to upgrade the 
> speed of the link. I picked up two Senao NL-2611 CB3. I set 
> one to AP mode, and the other to client. 
> Testing at home showed they peaked around 4.5Mbs. When I 
> connected them to the antennas, it showed a 70% signal 
> strength, but bandwidth maxes out at 30KBs.
> Changing the channel and messing with all the settings did nothing. 
> 
> Why would the higher power and better Senao have slower speeds? 
> 
> Thank you
> -Eddie
> 
>  
> 
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