E4200 - Not good coverage
I have purchased this Linksys E4200 seeing good star rating at Amazon.
Surprisingly the device not good for coverage what it claims.
I am in a 1516 SqFt house and hardly any L bends and this signal does not reach even from 20 Ft distance. If door (wooden) closed... Its almost drops the link.
Tried all possible (Channel and frequency)... No gain...
If you are looking for media server... many others can solve your purpose.
I have been using Linksys WRT54GS previously. Was an wonder in speed and coverage. This(E4200)is bad in all those view point.
Learnt from some forum that E4200 is having 1/3rd signal strength than its predecessor.
Buy at your own risk.
--Sudipta
No doubt, the router E4200 is among the excellent routers just it requires the proper installation. If you have a problem with the small coverage area for wireless then you can try these troubleshooting steps:
A] With the help of Cisco Connect Software (if at all you have installed the router with the help of this software)
1] Open the software and go to the option which says "Router Settings"
2] Then click on the option which says "Advanced Settings" which will take you to the router's configuration page.
3] Then go to the Wireless tab, keep network mode as mixed,
For Channel Settings of 2.4 GHz you can make Channel Width to 20 MHz only and Channel to 6, 9, 11..
For Channel Settings of 5 GHz you can make Channel Width to 20 MHz only and Channel to 40 or 161...
B] If you haven't installed Cisco Connect then you can log on to the router's user interface using it's default IP address in the browser which is 192.168.1.1 and type in 'admin' as the password leaving the username field blank. This will take you to the router's web interface and then follow steps as mentioned above to make the changes.
Secondly avoid using any other wireless devices like cordless phones, microwave oven etc nearer to the router. Then check the wireless connectivity.
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