It has been over a month since I switched from my good old workhorse Linksys WRT54GL router to a pocket sized 3G router Lava W150.
I also changed the connection from a wired to 3G one. But to keep that factor out let me talk about router performance only on the intranet - a small home setup with hardly 2 or 3 devices connected at a time. Following are the problems faced with Lava W150, which were never faced with WRT54GL: None of the problems is continuously faced. They arbitrarily come and go away: - Inability to ping another machine on intranet. Mysteriously ping responds sometimes and doesn't some other times. - When connected to another machine (on intranet) over ssh, typing works very jerkily. Letters appear in spurts after typing a number of words. - Even ping responses come in spurts, with gaps, though the latency is always within <5ms in all responses. Is there any objective way to check whether this is simply a scale up issue with the router or could it be a settings issue that can go away with proper configuration? If it is a router issue, I am willing to replace the router, though not sure whether new breed of 3G routers would be as reliable as old workhorses like WRT54GL/WRT160NL that I have. Difficult to assess that from specs before buying. So would appreciate first hand feedback. Mayuresh _______________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
