Wireless problems with DD-WRT

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Internet151
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Wireless problems with DD-WRT

So I installed DD-WRT on my WNR3500L today, and noticed for some reason I can't figure out the wireless signal strength appears to be slightly weaker when running DD-WRT as opposed to stock firmware. With 2-3 bars of signal strength the wireless laptop im trying to use is unable to access the internet/lan under DD-WRT (not an issue with stock firmware), when i bring it like 10 steps closer and get 3+ bars of signal strength its fine though. Neither of these problems happened with stock firmware, is there any settings I can adjust to fix this, or is anyone else noticing this issue?

Internet151
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After MUCH trial-and-error I

After MUCH trial-and-error I finally figured out the problem was I changed the "Wireless Network Mode" from the default of "Mixed" to "N Only" and that was causing my Signal Quality to be at 8% instead of 35%.

Really wierd... =o

Internet151
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For some reason now a few

For some reason now a few hours later my previous solution isn't working at all and the origional problem is back, im completly stumped. My laptop appears to be connected at only 1 Mbit/s with 2-3 bars of connectivity too...

Brandon C
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Are you running all "N"

Are you running all "N" connections to your router or some "G" and "N" connections? You might try changing the channel width. Or take a look at the advanced settings here. http://192.168.1.1/Wireless_Advanced-wl0.asp

Internet151
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I only have one wireless

I only have one wireless laptop thats "N", ive tried adjusting channel width, channel, and poking around the advanced settings and havn't been able to figure anything out yet.

Brandon C
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In that case I would suggest

In that case I would suggest you set your Channel width to 40Nhz. See if that helps.

Internet151
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I did that, didn't help at

I did that, didn't help at all.