rc- re: flakiness, if you monitor the signal strenth via an icon in the taskbar, you may find that you have low signal strength and/or "interference" if you are having "flaky" connections.
did some research, found that residential construction (sheetrock + wood studs) and wireless networks do not play well together. also, 2.4GHz cordless phones are in the same frequency band as 802.11b and g. If the base station for a cordless phone is between you and the wireless antenna, it interferes. So do a lot of microwave ovens. My solution was to add a WAP (Wireless Access Point) in the bedroom, at the opposite end of the house from the den, and with the "offending equipment" in between. Get a great signal now. -Ben > I read in pcmag recently that many of the vendors for "g" style wireless > (sorry, I can't remember the _exact_ spec name) are selling units that > can be upgraded to meet the "real" spec when its finalized. That being > said - I'm really beginning to hate the flakiness of my current "b" > style wireless network. It works... about 60% of the time. Enough for > browsing - not quite enough for me to nicely Remote Machine in. The "g" > style is supposed to be quite stronger... but does anyone have any > practical experience with these units? I'm thinking of picking up a > linksys unit at Best Buy. They have a nice return policy so at worse - > I'm out my time, nothing more. > > ======================================================================== > === > Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Mindseye, Inc > (www.mindseye.com) > Member of Team Macromedia (http://www.macromedia.com/go/teammacromedia) > > Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Blog : www.camdenfamily.com/morpheus/blog > Yahoo IM : morpheus > > "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
