Hi Hans,
 
>From my personal experience I could recommend you to use
any 802.11a ap or wireless router and adapter. Since they work
on 5GHz and usually have low range (but still good for my
whole apartment) they are not succeptable to 2.4GHz interference.
They are also not interferring with 2.4GHz wireless phones and the
speed decrese of 802.11a (with theoretical bandwith of 54Mbps) is
probably just slightly slower in reality than 802.11g (that have
theoretical bandwith of 108Mbps). Which is also only going to affect
your computer to computer connection since your internet connection
is well below any wireless setup available bandwith. 802.11a also has
more nonoverlapping channels so that more computers can be connected
without dropping connections (I have 11 computers connected in my
office and they all work just fine).
 
You could also buy dual band tri mode (802.11a, b, g) pc card for your
notebook so that you can connect with 802.11a at your home and with
802.11b, g at your office of any public hot spot.
 
I hope I helped a bit,
Bora
Micropower NY
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Hans Zaunere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

At my apartment, there are at least 14 APs at any given time, and all have
fairly strong signals, and are 802.11g. Needless to say, the airwaves
around my apartment are packed.

As a result, my wireless signal will often drop out, and I'm figuring the
only reason is because of the interference. I've restarted, double checked,
etc. my AP (Linksys WRTG54g) and all looks to be fine. If I plug into the
AP, it's always fine.

I've tried changing channels, but to limited success. On each of the 1, 6
and 11 channels, there are at least 3 other APs. When I switch to a channel
in between, signal quality actually looks worse. I've also changed between
B only and G only mode, but with little result.

So, what can someone do to get a reliable wireless signal in these types of
environments? Are there any tips or online resources that describe the
advanced settings of the WRT54g that might improve my performance? Any
other tips or resources? And, if I were to buy a new AP, would it make a
difference, and what would some recommendations be?


Thanks,

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Hans Zaunere
President, New York PHP
http://www.nyphp.com


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