On 23 Jan 2009, at 06:23, LuKreme wrote: > I have a n router in the basement which is suppose to have a much > larger range than a b or g router, but in fact has a very small > effective range. I can get wifi in most of the house, but not on the > porch or anywhere outside at all. Basically, I have the same range I > had with my original b router several years ago. > > So, is the "extended range" just marketing fluff?
The range thing - is more to do with falloff in bandwidth as you get further away. And yes, it's going to be affected by things like walls, electrical conduits, metal sheeting, microwaves, bluetooth phones, wireless handhelds for your landline.... You'd need to do a scientific test - using a tool which will measure signal (e.g. MacStumbler will detect networks even if they can't support a connection) _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
