too many dropped connections

[rolypolycat]

Hello!

I'm running Lucid xubuntu. i have a netgear WG111v3 usb wireless card. The router and the modem recognize each other,. but the connection drops constantly.Other times it takes many tries to connect. There are 3 windows and one Xbox users in my house, all on the same router. When I spoke with 2 different people at Radio Shack, I was told that the software on the router is Windows based, so the Windows modems get top priority over Linux, hence the dropped signals.
I was advised I could do One of three things:
1. Buy another router, one that specifically recognizes every operating system. That way, we all get equal bandwith.
2. Buy an antennae that boosts the signal.
3. Buy a booster for the signal that one cable end plugs into the router,then the device into a power outlet; the other in any power outlet, and then hardwire that to my ethernet card in my computer, so the signal stays constant.
This is the output from the terminal:

shell@the-cathouse:~$ sudo lshw -C network
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 01
serial: 00:1c:c0:54:01:78
size: 10MB/s
capacity: 1GB/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10MB/s
resources: irq:27 ioport:e000(size=256) memory:ff820000-ff820fff memory:ff800000-ff81ffff(prefetchable)
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 1
logical name: wlan0
serial: c0:3f:0e:37:7f:9f
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes ip=192.168.1.30 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
shell@the-cathouse:~$ifconfig
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr c0:3f:0e:37:7f:9f
inet addr:192.168.1.30 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::c23f:eff:fe37:7f9f/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:455730 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:589946 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:270337997 (270.3 MB) TX bytes:279924195 (279.9 MB)

shell@the-cathouse:~$
shell@the-cathouse:~$ sudo iwlist scan
[sudo] password for shell:
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: C0:3F:0E:8F:2A:B8
Channel:3
Frequency:2.422 GHz (Channel 3)
Quality=43/70 Signal level=-67 dBm
Encryption keyn
ESSID:"NETGEAR_HOME"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=00000046014bad80
Extra: Last beacon: 56ms ago
IE: Unknown: 000C4E4554474541525F484F4D45
IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C121824
IE: Unknown: 030103
IE: Unknown: 0706555320010B1B
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101820003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F 00
IE: Unknown: DD1E00904C334E111BFF000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000
IE: Unknown: 2D1A4E111BFF00000000000000000000000000000000000000 000000
IE: Unknown: DD1A00904C3403051B00000000000000000000000000000000 000000
IE: Unknown: 3D1603051B00000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: DD0900037F01010000FF7F
IE: Unknown: DD0A00037F04010002004000
IE: Unknown: DD8B0050F204104A0001101044000102103B00010310470010 00000000000010000000C03F0E8F2AB81021000D4E65746765 61722C20496E632E10230009574E5231303030763210240004 56324831104200046E6F6E651054000800060050F204000110 11001B574E5231303030763228576972656C6573732041502D 322E344729100800020086103C000103

shell@the-cathouse:~$
Based on this information, what would be my best option. I can't run line all the way across the house to my computer; that would take 50-75 feet after winding it's way through the house.
I don't use the ethernet card although it's still in the machine. Could it interfere with the signal?
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

[kreggz]

1.Try using another channel on the Wifi router
2. Try adjusting the WiFi routers antenna.
3. you could also switch to NDISwrapper in which you may find you get better signal.

Netgear adapters are very Linux friendly from what I have experienced. My Netgear adapter didn't work properly until about Ubuntu 9.04 where I stopped using NDISwrapper.