D-Link → Possible to lock speed for wireless connection?

Hello!

I seem to notice if my wireless speed goes higher than 2.0 Mbps on my Hawking Technology's Hi-Gain USB Wireless-G Adapter (Model: HWU54D), I get major packet losses to the D-Link DI-624 wireless router (192.168.0.1).

Is there a way to lock this 2.0 Mbps speed manually? I do not want the wireless connection to change (e.g., going up and down). I want it to stay at 2.0 Mbps (sweet spot). I don't care about the speed, I want stability. I am using Windows XP Professional SP2 and the latest driver from Hawking Technology.

Thank you in advance.

You probably have the di-624 located in the wrong
place, such as on a CPU, floor, screwed to the ceiling,
or wall, or near a TV set, that emits some kind of
interference. Or there's interference going on, of
another kind, such as 2.4 ghz phone, or what not.

It is not normal, to need to whittle the speed down
to 2 Mbit/sec as that speed uses the same frequency
range (22 MHZ channel) in the 2.4 ghz standard of 802.11b/g

I believe that in the configuration system you can tell it what transmit speed you want to use. I don't use the same model of router so I can't be sure how it'd all work.

You should be able to lock the speed of your wireless connection by going to Advanced/Performance on the router's configuration page; then, change the 'TX Rate' from 'Auto' to 2mbps.

What if I only want to do this for ONE specific computer, and not all computers? There are like three other devices connected to it. Only one needs to be locked at 2 Mbps?

Yeah, it is because of the location of this computer. I cannot really move it closer or at a better area at this time. Using over 2 Mbps happens randomly and rarely though.

Just for kicks for testing.

I changed the Auto value to 2.0 Mbps in Performance tab. The router rebooted itself as it says on the screen. Got disconnected and reconnected. I wait a bit like 10 minutes, and I saw 6 Mbps and 12 Mpbs. Why didn't it lock at 2?

Nevermind this request. Just now (1:15 AM PST), I got packet losses again even at 2.0 Mbps, and my speed went down to 1.0 to be stable. Wow (can it get lower than that?).

Oh well. Thanks to all who replied.