One thing I noticed in setting up a multiple node network for a friend is that any access points on the same channel will cause problems with each other. You may want to put the three nodes on seperate channels.
Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Howell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "NYC Wireless" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 9:51 AM Subject: [nycwireless] Need help - troubleshooting new public WAP @ Center for Architecture > > Hi there - New York's "Center For Architecture" opened recently in > early October at 536 LaGuardia Place, between Bleecker & W.3rd Streets > in Greenwich Village. We are a facility that serves both the public > and professional members of the AIA (American Institute of > Architects), providing educational facilities, galleries, and > seminar/lecture space. > > I volunteered to coordinate the various technologies to be installed > in this new facility. We decided to provide free, public access WiFi > to our members and visitors. To that end, I purchased and installed > three (3) Orinoco/Proxim AP-2500 units, which came with a/b cards. I > have one on each of our three floors, and coverage is good (with good > signal spilling out across the street). These units all pass DHCP > which is dished up from a Linksys 4-port (BEF-SR41); all these units > are on a network completely physically separate from our > organization's private, business infrastructure. > > The problem is that the wireless network works...for a while...then it > doesn't: it's unreliable. A PC will continually get served a unique > IP address, but it seems that other IP services, including getting > external internet, will work sometimes, but not at others. I don't > know why it doesn't work properly, but then again, I'm not an expert > and am a little out of my comfort zone here. > > I haven't published our site on NYCWireless' AP node map yet, because > of this unreliable, 'spotty' behavior. Can any of you provide me some > insight or assistance that could aid me in getting this WAP working? > Anyone have any experience with this sort of configuration? Is there > something 'obvious' that I should be looking for? > > Thanks in advance. > > John Howell, AIA > Architect / Technologist > Center For Architecture > 212-358-6100 x200 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
