I don't think the wired solution, as Bob suggested, is going to happen
(just my gut feeling.) A wired solution is what I had in mind from the
beginning (over a year ago.) I say this because (A) I didn't want
people to think I'm not using my head here and (B) liability issues make
that solution non-viable. As it turns out the wired/wireless solutions
are about the same cost when I start to factor in all the little parts I
would need on top of the cable, with a finger on the scale for liability
issues. I acknowledge that a wired solution would be very simple and
secure, but it looks like I have to go out on the limb, not down to the
ground.
As I have said before, here is what I know about wireless...not much!
So I am looking for some advice about wireless in general.
Background: this wireless setup worked for most of the year, or so, of
use. In my gyrations of attempting to learn about wireless I have been
testing various cards, OS's, computers, and locations, so I hadn't
noticed why my connectivity was faltering.
Present: at my preferred location (P) I get a signal strength of no more
then 25% and at the garage location (G) I get a signal of 75%. I have
noted that I get dropped from G and my house mate says the he has been
experiencing drop recently. The router looks very similar to the
WRT54GL, probably an earlier version. I note that I can get on late /
early with no problem, with business hours being the problem.
Question: is it reasonable that under normal conditions of three users,
heavy usage, and good signal I should not be getting dropped? That is,
can a router of this type handle three simultaneous sessions
indefinitely? It has been suggested that the router is getting "tired"
after being on for years. I am going to offer to replace the router
with the WRT54GL (65.74 @ mwave.com) and I don't want to find that the
problem is something down the Comcast stream that I can't do anything
about. Oh, and did I mention that Xbox live is in the mix?
Sorry for the long winded email, but my objective is to turn another
corner in my OSS quest.
Brian
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