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On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 10:00:14PM -0400, Ajai Khattri wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Oct 2004, Jim Thompson wrote:
>
> > Putting a larger omni antenna on your AP is sure to make the problem
> > worse. Your neighbor's signals will be "louder" to the AP as well.
>
> I was planning to get a directional antenna that directs the "cone" of the
> signal down through the places where I usually sit and use the laptops.
> Ive been looking at the Buffalo stuff. Anybody have any recommendations?
>
> My only problem with this is that it might force neighbors to get antennas
> as well and Im back where I started. This is why I started looking at
> directional antennas so I can minimize stray signals from my AP.
>
> > Its likely if you have your laptops configured to associate to "any"
> > ESSID, then they are, in-fact picking the lowest channel were an AP of
> > "sufficient" stregth is found. I know for a fact that the firmware in
> > the Agere 11b chipset starts at ch1 during its scan. Other chipsets may
> > be different.
> >
> > Ajai, does the situation improve if you get close to (in the same room
> > as) your AP?
>
> Yes, my main laptop works fine closer to the AP but if I move into the
> bedroom the connection is erratic. In fact, Ive noticed that it seems to
> "lose" the connection if I stop typing for a minute, almost as if the NIC
> goes to sleep and so loses the AP signal... usually switching to another
> window and starting a ping to the router wakes it up again...
>
>
Hi NYW folks,
is the idea of puting some kind of signal barrier possible. Wifi can not
penetrate certain material. If you put some special material on say a
wall near the conflicting area, would that help to block the signal?
Thus avoid the need to change your wifi setup?
- -Kev
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