On Sat, September 8, 2007 2:39 pm, DJA wrote: > Lan Barnes wrote: >> Took the el cheapo vista machine that won't connect w/ my d-link at >> home: >> >> 1. To Fry's where it connected easily to the router at the other end of >> the hangar with no walls but lots of metal shelves between >> >> 2. To the installfest where it connected easily with their routers in >> the >> same room >> >> 3. To the same room as the wireless router at home, where it connected >> easily >> >> 4. 2 rooms (30') away where it drops 25% >> >> 5. Downstairs where it doesn't connect. >> >> My wife's Vista machine and my Linux machine connect anywhere any time. >> >> I'm thinking HW, but what? The d-link? The el-cheapo wireless? Vista >> config? > > Ahhh! So you're talking Wifi. Could be more specific about your > topology? Brand names only don't convey enough info on what hardware you > have hardware connected how on your LAN, Lan. > > -- > Best Regards, > ~DJA.
Thanks, but the question's off the table. I start a long-running ping in the same room and begin to back out. One wall -- some drops. 2 walls, 50%. 3 walls, connection times out. Vista says the signal is "fair" even after 4 walls. It also finds my neighbor's router (are 90% of the home SSIDs "family"?). I tried a linux NFS install, but it tries to go out eth0 (which works BTW). No data to report there. I could take it back to Fry's but they can't reproduce the problem and have no motive to do so (it's under P&L contract). Besides, I suspect they heat their burritos by putting them near their access points. My wire-rim sunglasses were whistling like a modem. So ... I'm going to job the diagnosis out to Vista pros at either: 1. Janet's work 2. Alex's school And when I _know_ and can _prove_ that it's a bad wireless card, I'll go to Fry's and find a way to force them to fix it. -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
