Hi, I have just been searching for a long range router but so far only see a lot of hype but little proof.
There is something called the Bountiful, a couple of models which apparently have nearly one watt of output power and if this is properly coupled to the antenna and it is a good antenna it should give loads of range but I have so far been unable to locate a decent page or specifications to post here. If I can find better information I'll post it here. There are wireless bridges which can repeat a signal thus increasing the range of course but this adds a second device. I also have a plan I haven't tried yet which is a directional antenna made using a Pringle's chip can as a reflector which it is said will increase signal strength but very directionally. I haven't tried making it yet because the original need I had has changed. There are also passive signal boosters out there, again I can't vouch for their effectiveness, theoretically they should work but ... I have a D-Link 640 here which is said to be IEEE802.11b and .11g compatible and so is the WIFY card in this computer but I have never seen the .11G activate. It doesn't much matter though I don't get close to that speed on my ADSL connection anyway. I have connected wirelessly in numerous cities in Canada and a couple in the U.S., well if Texas is still one of the United States but never seen the 56 MBPS connection speed that 802.11G is supposed to offer. I have noticed though that the D-Link occasionally fails to connect and have to turn it off and back on before my computer recognizes it. I also used a Linksys, don't remember the model though for several months at work. It functioned fairly well, was using WEP incryption which occasionally needed to be refreshed if the connection stood idle for extended periods of time, don't know if that was a failure of the router or the encryption and security but the Linksys never failed to recognize as the D-Link occasionally does. They have set up a wireless point where I work now, the I T boys but it seems to fade in and out for some reason I don't understand. The signal strength is all over the place.I seem to be on the fringe where I usually use my notebook, I will begin bugging them about that tomorrow as I sometimes loose signal altogether. May end up having a bridge. They didn't much like my wireless set-up, I suppose it offered some security threat but it did serve to get some movement on adding wireless to the building albeit presently unsatisfactory. I expect though they will fix it knowing I may arrange an alternative if they don't. There are longer distance wireless connections available but they seem to be proprietary. You need special equipment at each end of the link and it tends to get expensive so far as I have been able to determine unless the Bountiful turns out to be a solution. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: chiliblindman To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 8:50 PM Subject: Re: [SPAM] [BlindHandyMan] using a wireless router Lee, the new n wireless routers are stronger in that they use a multiple signals and realign them together to make a more continuous signal connection. A simple usb n card for the laptop will make it very good. Regardless what b,g,or n card in the laptop, it will work better; but it will work best with a n card. ........................bob [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
