Bill, It seems most use other than Apple, however I have stuck with nothing but Apple, it has always worked the best, in three locations and if I remember right, P.C. magazine awarded Apple the top spot in wireless connectivity very recently.
John R. On Apr 9, 2006, at 2:27 PM, Brian ONeal wrote: > I have the Netgear wgr614 now. Its pretty good and by now you > should be able to find it pretty cheap with a rebate. > > Brian O'Neal > > > > On Apr 9, 2006, at 11:22 AM, Bill Rising wrote: > > On Apr 6, 2006, at 8:09, Brian ONeal wrote: > >> Could be a neighbor with a new wireless router, baby monitor, or a >> teenager always on the 2.4GHz cordless phone. If its a new router >> it could be on the same channel as yours. Try changing your channels. > > OK. I played around with the channels on Thursday night. Was on > channel 10. Tried channels 5, 1, 3, 2, and 7 in that order. Most > changes did nothing. The change to channel 7 kept the good signal > for about 10 minutes. When I checked about an hour later, the > signal was weak, again. Today (Sunday) the signal is weak, again. > > My wife seems to think that the poor strength started after the bad > storm night (though I'm not as sure). In case it makes a > difference, (as I'd said before) I have my router hooked up to a > UPS which ran out of battery power after the lights went out. > > I'm guessing that the router has gone bad, though I can't imagine > how. Any suggestions for a new brand? I've been pleased with the > Netgear router overall, though I suppose that they're all roughly > equivalent. > > Bill > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be April 25 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. > | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 25 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
