The issue is - it's not "firm" - in other words, it doesn't go from good to crap when I move - it's like the weather - it goes up and down even when I don't move. It's like I'm at the end of the range, although I'm not far away at all. Of course, I'm a in a new house, so maybe it IS the construction, but I had the gut feeling that a stronger singal would help. Do you think that's not the case?
Again - luckily - I can just try buying from BestBuy and giving it a good 24 hour test. -rc > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 1:09 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Looking for wireless recommendations > > > 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 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
