I would stay away from n until it's actually standardized (afaik, it's still a proposed standard, not a ratified one).
If there are certain places you typically get dropouts, you might put a wireless bridge in a good area that can cover the bad area. If it's not a question of cold spots, I'd look into getting something like a Linksys wrt54gl (the l being key) and putting DD-WRT on it. I've found that to be much more reliable than the base firmware. There is a list of routers (wireless and otherwise) that will work on the DD-WRT wiki (sorry, don't have links handy, and I'm too lazy to hunt). One nice feature is that you can turn up the output on the antennae (but it's advised that you don't max it out, as that can damage them). --Ben "has done too much work using wireless to bridge buildings" Doom Mary Jo Sminkey wrote: > Okay, thought I'd ask you folks for suggestions. I really want to upgrade my > wireless router to get better coverage in my home. I'm sick of the dropouts > and poor signal I have just one room over and virtually no coverage on the > second floor. I currently have a cheap 802.11g router and it just isn't doing > the job. What would be my best option for getting better coverage? Draft-N? > Mimo? I'd likely go with an N router, but the reviews on pretty much all of > them and matching laptop cards are often far from stellar. That seems to be > par-for-the-course for wireless routers though so not sure is how much due to > the products still not quite up to standard and how much is just typical > wireless issues. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade to ColdFusion 8 and integrate with Adobe Flex http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:245590 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
