On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 08:06:14AM -0800, Brian Gallagher wrote: > Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2006 08:06:14 -0800 > From: Brian Gallagher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group <[email protected]> > Subject: [Eug-lug] Wireless router follow-up > > 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.
Funny thing about wireless networking, theres lots of stuff that can interfere with it that you simply cannot see. It can be working fine, then your neighbor buys a new car, parks it in the garage (instead of the street) and poof, network disapears! you can have a great signal, then take 2 steps, and have none. You can have a perfect signal one day, the next its all crazy. > 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. can you check the router out, on the bottom of it, it will says what it is (wrt54g/wrt54gs/wrt54gl, and version number) also check the first 4 letters of its serial number, and check that wikipedia link to confirm what version it is... If you can upgrade the router to dd-wrt, or even hyperwrt, then you can turn up the xmitter, and that might be just enough to do what you need w/out buying anything new. > > 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? That doesnt sound resonable to me... You should be albe to handle dozens of users w/out issue. Jamie > > Sorry for the long winded email, but my objective is to turn another > corner in my OSS quest. > > Brian > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
