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Could you help me to set better parameters for my server? I use mac filtering. I have D-link DWL-G520+ 802.11g card.

Is Tx power good? Is it good to take off power management (first delay is very high)?

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linux:~ # iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

sit0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"default"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437GHz Access Point: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
Bit Rate:54Mb/s Tx-Power:0 dBm Sensitivity=0/3
RTS thr:4096 B Fragment thr:4096 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management min timeout:0us mode:All packets received
Link Quality:99/100 Signal level:-61 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:1353 Invalid misc:1570 Missed beacon:0
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and ping:
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linux:~ # ping 192.168.0.1
PING 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=96.8 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=16.6 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=39.5 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=62.9 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=86.2 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=7.14 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=7 ttl=64 time=30.7 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=8 ttl=64 time=53.8 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=9 ttl=64 time=77.1 ms

--- 192.168.0.1 ping statistics ---
9 packets transmitted, 9 received, 0% packet loss, time 8007ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 7.142/52.351/96.855/29.442 ms
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Hi Poy:

A server is usually Ethernet connected rather than Wi-Fi connected. Reasons are higher bandwidth and more predictable bandwidth.

An AC powered Wi-Fi connected server would not likely benefit from power management. Power management is for battery conservation.

Transmit power level is a function of communication range. Higher power equals higher range. Lower power equals lower range and more room for multiple BSS's.

I am sorry I have no experience with Wi-Fi on Linux.

I hope this helps. Can you add your location to your forum profile? Thanks. /criss