Monday, December 25, 2006

ASUS R2H - WiFi

The first thing I tried when I got my R2H was to connect it to my wireless network, and after a few unsuccesull attempts I realized that my router was configured to use channel 13, which is allowed in Europe but not in US. Once I changed to a lower channel (1 to 11), it connected just fine.

The second thing I noticed was the low signal if I was connecting from the ground floor (my 3Com wireless router is on the 1st floor). My Vaio notebook (Intel 2200BG chip) gets excellent signal from the same position - I'll contact ASUS on the issue.

Finally, it used to disconnect quite often, but once I have updated the Intel chipset drivers (especially the USB drivers) the issue was gone, although the signal is still low, but much more stable. See related article on how to update chipset drivers.

As a last note, I'm using Windows Zero Configuration tool to manage the wireless networs, not the one that ASUS provided.