From: "Sam Lewis" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (HELO mail.2rosenthals.com) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTP id 2293663 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:45:32 -0400 Received: from [192.168.200.201] (helo=mail2.2rosenthals.com) by secmgr-ny.randr with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.43) id 1Nuurq-0000O6-M0 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:45:32 -0400 Received: from mail-bw0-f226.google.com ([209.85.218.226]:63287) by mail2.2rosenthals.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nuurm-0002gF-04 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:45:26 -0400 Received: by bwz26 with SMTP id 26so3402553bwz.7 for ; Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:45:24 -0700 (PDT) X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A020208.4BABD976.00B3,ss=1,fgs=0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.63.199 with HTTP; Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:45:24 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [71.42.191.58] In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:45:24 -0500 Received: by 10.204.134.70 with SMTP id i6mr343403bkt.74.1269553524076; Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:45:24 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <438498021003251445y2366dd73je468268100b64eeb@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] WRT54G To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I like it for the Theology as well as Technology. Remember Wikipedia can be modified by anyone, Trust but Verify :) Sam On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 4:43 PM, chekmarx wrote: > You are a veritable font of information!=A0 I never would have thought to > check WiKiPedia for info on LinkSys routers. > I think I'm going to need to spend some time on WiKiPedia just searching > around for various things.=A0 Apparently it is more comprehensive than I = ever > imagined. > > Thanks Lewis > > On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 6:43 PM, Lewis G Rosenthal > wrote: >> >> Hi, Sam... >> >> On 03/24/10 05:59 pm, Sam Lewis thus wrote : >>> >>> I too have a WRT54G and have no problems with it, as far as I know. >>> However I bought a WRT54GS2 last year and used it for about 6 months >>> with no issues. =A0I had turned the WiFi off altogether since I only >>> needed the wired portion. >>> >>> I have since loaned it to a friend and set it up for them with WPA2 >>> and have noticed when doing something intense like printing across the >>> WiFi to an HP DeskJet or running DNS Benchmark pings to the ISP's >>> gateway can take 2 to 4 seconds. =A0I saw this behavior before using th= e >>> WPA2 as well. >>> >>> Do these newer models have underpowered CPU's? =A0Or do I have a bad un= it? >>> >>> I have the same ISP and doing the same test on my WRT54G my max ping >>> time is 28ms vs. 3800ms on the other router. =A0However I do get a few >>> request timeouts. >>> >>> >> >> WPA in general introduces a fair amount of overhead. LinkSys would >> probably tell you that there is nothing abnormal, although the rest of u= s >> would consider it most annoying. You should probably test when wired and >> then compare those stats to the wireless performance to see if the issue= is >> isolated to the Wi-Fi or is system-wide. >> >> Depending upon the generation of WRT54G you have, you likely have more R= AM >> but less CPU power than in the GS2 model. >> >> Wikipedia actually has a pretty decent rundown of specs (memory & CPU) o= f >> the various WRT54G models: >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys_WRT54G_series >> >> HTH >> >> -- >> Lewis >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA, CLP, CLE >> Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0www.2rosenthal= s.com >> Need a managed Wi-Fi hotspot? =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0www.hautspo= t.com >> visit my IT blog =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0www.2rosenthals.net/word= press >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> =3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-= =3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> =A0the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> >> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to >> >> Send administrative queries to >> =A0 >> To subscribe (new addresses), E-mail to: >> and reply to the confirmation em= ail. >> Web archives are publicly available at: http://lists.2rosenthals.com >> >> This list is hosted by Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC >> P.O. Box 281, Deer Park, NY 11729-0281. Non- >> electronic communications related to content >> contained in these messages should be directed >> to the above address. (CAN-SPAM Act of 2003) >> >> =3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-= =3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D > >