Hi, I use a wireless router from SBC/AT&T. It is called Two Wire and it works quite well. On the computers I use external Linksys devices. I really do like the external cards because you can just unplug it and plug in a new one should the unit fail. It is an USB connection. I live in a mobile home and the far computer is some 80 feet from the router. The signal has to pass through 4 walls to reach the far computer. Someone at AT&T told me that you should subtract 10 feet in distance for each wall the signal had to pass through. My Del laptop has no problem linking up to the Two Wire router either. Cy, the Ancient Okie...
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Rossi Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 9:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SPAM] [BlindHandyMan] using a wireless router Lee, I have a linksys wireless router and it does fine. Sometimes the problem is just antenna positioning. Other times, some old houses with all that metal lath really play havoc on a wireless system. Some routers can be modded a bit to boost their output power but it would depend on make and model on just how you would do this. You can get a bridge to extend your range, or, put a long cable on the router and stick it to the ceiling in the stairway. There is the sacrificing a chicken dance, but I have only had mixed results with that method. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: HYPERLINK "mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu"[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (412) 268-9081 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.13/998 - Release Date: 9/10/2007 8:48 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.14/999 - Release Date: 9/10/2007 5:43 PM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
