Hi we have a Netgear VVG2000 VDSL router/modem from our ADSL provider at the office.
I've found that my Ubuntu laptop (running 10.04) keeps getting kicked off the wireless
(specifically it seems to happen when there are a few other people in the office – with less people it's more stable).
Reading an Ubuntu forum it suggested I lower the "beacon interval" of the router from 100ms to 10ms.
However I can't find that setting on the router – going to http://10.0.0.138/start.htm and looking through all the menus, both in standard and expert mode has not shown it to me…..am I missing something, or is there another way to set stuff for this router?
Thanks for any help
Best Answer
The "beacon interval" is typically in the wireless configuration parameters, sometime in the advance grouping along with the WiFi channel selection settings.
Have you conducted a WiFi channel survey to see if there are other WiFi networks on the same channel you have yours set to as well? A lot of folks tend to leave most of the settings at default and for the WiFi channel selection that would be Channel 6.
Even if you do not have a ready means in determining your WiFi channel landscape, you might try selecting some of the other available channels (out of a choice of 11 in North America) to see if another channel yields better performance.