<p>I'm optimizing for 300 Mbps on 5 GHz because I'm trying to get as fast and as strong a signal as I can to get past a circuit breaker in a wall. I visualize it to a guy on a motorcycle getting as much speed as possible before hitting a ramp - not enough speed, and he's not gonna make it. It already uses MIMO over multiple antennae, so there's no way for me to make it stop trying to punch a beam straight through that wall. I'm exploring setting up a point to point link, but for the trouble, I might just move the modem back to a spot that'll let me dodge the breaker altogether.</p>
<p>Yep. It's nice being wedged between DOCSIS 3 coax and VDSL. If only I could get wifi to work everywhere I wanted to.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 3, 2012 2:01 PM, "Doug" <<a href="mailto:dougvargas@sbcglobal.net">dougvargas@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I'm going to come hide in your house for the internet lol. Apparently my block is in some weird zone where all we can get is basic dsl, but I digress. I'm setting up a gbit router for a small business site and I'm going to play around with the *wrts so I'll let you know how it goes, but even over wifi I think the isp bandwith will be the bottleneck speed wise, but your mileage may vary<br>
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Dan Buthusiem <<a href="mailto:dan.buthusiem@gmail.com">dan.buthusiem@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>Just wondering how many of you have been playing with DDWRT and OpenWRT.<br>
>I've been trying to make the jump to OpenWRT, but I've hit a few snags<br>
>witth the 5 GHz network performance and features.<br>
><br>
>Seems to me like DDWRT is easier to setup a working WDS mesh. I wasn't able<br>
>to establish a working link at 300 Mbps the way the stock and DDWRT<br>
>firmware could; speeds capped at 150 Mbps. Also, it seemed the signal was<br>
>weaker than DDWRT, and that was with DDWRT's stock settings. Adding in the<br>
>recommended settings for my 5 GHz radio brought a noticeable boost, though<br>
>still not enough to conquer the circuit breaker in the wall between the<br>
>living room and my bedroom. Drat.<br>
><br>
>Aside from wireless, I was wondering if anyone's been able to setup a load<br>
>balancer with the secondary WAN connection as a failover for when the<br>
>primary WAN goes down. I'm still playing with that, too. I really would<br>
>rather using a Gbit router, rather than buy a 100 Mbps (in my budget)<br>
>router from the likes of Cisco, SonicWall, etc., or building a Vyatta /<br>
>PFsense router with parts lying around. My WAN can spike to 80 Mbps<br>
>(measured over WiFi, no less), and we've been looking at possibly upgrading<br>
>to 100 (only the fastest access to the SGVLUG website for me! haha) at<br>
>home, so I don't want to be frustrated by interface saturation issues.<br>
><br>
>Sorry for the wall 'o text.<br>
><br>
>- Dan B.<br>
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