Japan and China ping time observations
From Shanghai/area to Japan/Tokyo area.
OCN/NTT 215-96ms 124.102.42.x
OCN/NTT was quite disappointing as ping times were drastically different, between 215 and 96ms as mentioned.
Softbank (BBTECH) 52ms 60.106.165.x 60.69.227.x 219.101.163.x
Softbank consistently performed well with China.
So-net 42.8ms 118.238.215.x
So-net was the lowest ping we've seen to Japan.
Asahi.net 91.9ms 221.113.95.x (Chiba)........
Wireless/xmit power - DD-WRT v23 SP2 (09/15/06) std - build 3932 Linksys WRT54G/GL/GS
I played around with xmit power (how much power in mW) to see if I could increase the range and signal strength. Idon't think this Linksys WRT54G's strength is the wireless, it seems to have poor signal quality and transfer rates all around.
Ithink part of the problem is also that there are several wireless networks around my house that could be interfering and the walls are thick here.
Anyaway, moving on now :) The default is 28mW and I increased it to........