improved signal strength by avoiding clashing gateways?

Posts: 2 · New Forum Member Joined: Jan 11, 2007 Posts: 2

Due to help found in valuable forums like this one, even a newbie like me was able to figure out how to connect 3 Linksys routers correctly. I was limping along but my wireless coverage was poor and I wanted to move my WCG200 to a better location. However, by correcting the problems I had with the RT31P2 and BEFSRU31, the coverage improved dramatically.

Is it possible that having routers configured incorrectly (as gateways instead of routers) it can cause these kinds of problems?

The WCG200 is a combo cable modem and wireless router so I have it set up as my gateway. The other two were mistakenly set up as gateways but are now correctly configured as routers. With the WCG200 in the basement, I've gone from very low signal strength to very good on the second floor. Does this make any sense?

Thanks for the help guys,

websta

Posts: 52 · Full Forum Member Joined: Jan 10, 2007 Posts: 52

Just moving your router is going to increase or decrease the signal strength. There are many factors that determine signal strength, especially when it comes to location. However, the gateway/router setting will not affect signal strength, or at least in my logical opinion it shouldn't. The gateway is just a router that can connect a LAN (Local Area Network) to a WAN (Wide Area Network), and with the router setting it can only route LAN addresses.

Posts: 2 · New Forum Member Joined: Jan 11, 2007 Posts: 2

That's what's strange; the location of the wireless router (WCG200) never changed. I wanted to move it to a better location but after getting everything else set correctly, the signal strength on the second floor (router in basement) improved dramtically.

I can't figure it out but I'm ok with putting it in the win column.

Thanks for the reply!