Greetings,
I have been using Astaro UTM at home for about a year now and I love it. I use the software appliance VM on a ESXi server. When I started I used a WRT54G configured as an access point and everything worked great.
I live in NYC and have a small 600 square foot apartment. The wireless access point is in one corner of the apartment. I have the following wireless devices, but not all are in use as one time.
1 x Laptop
2 x iPhones
3 x iPads
1 x iPod Touch
2 x Logitech Squeezebox Radios
1 x Logitech Squeezebox Touch
1 x Logitech Squeezebox Duet Receiver
1 x Logitech Squeezebox Duet Controller
I wanted the added security, convenience, and features of the AWS products. I purchased an AP10.
It was easy to setup and configure, however I noticed drop outs, buffering errors, etc. when streaming Pandora to my Logitech Squeezeboxes. I am embarrassed to say how long it took me to pin this down on the AP 10. When I switched back to the WRT54G all the buffering errors disappeared.
I used inSSIDer to perform a site survey. My laptop was 15 feet away from both APs. The furthest wireless device is about another 15 feet further from the AP. With the Logitech devices they are set to sync so if one device looses connectivity they will all pause and wait for things to get back in sync.
Nyquist is the name of the WRT54G which has a stable SNR of ~50db.
Nyquist2 and "NYC Guest" are the SSIDs associated with the AP 10, and they are around ~60db, but not very stable.
My wireless frequencies are quite crowded as you can see in one of the attached screen shots from inSSIDer. I also, included a log of the signal to noise ratio over time. As you can see the strength of "Nyquist2" sometimes drops pretty significantly. I assume this could be the cause of my dropouts and slow connections.
I still have issues even if I am doing nothing but streaming Pandora, but I have no idea how much traffic my neighbors are using at that time.
Is there anything I can do to improve the reception of the AP 10? I tried a higher gain antenna with little to no change.
Would the AP 30 work in my environment? I know a dual band WiFi would be nice as there is congestion and the 5GHz frequency should help. I can't afford or justify a AP 50 for my little apartment. All my wireless devices except two of the iPads only work on 2.4Ghz anyways.
Thanks!
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