Thanks Bora - I guess I might be in the market for a new AP that supports 'a' (my laptop already does). If anyone knows of any wireless setting tweaks that would help, it'd be greatly appreciated too.
H On , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 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, > > --- > Hans Zaunere > President, New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.com > > > -- > 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/ -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
