The temperature shouldn't be a problem, but keep the humidity in check.  Too
low and you can get static issues.  Not good.

-Nye

On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 11:18 PM, someone <[email protected]> wrote:

> Is 15 degrees fahrenheit too cold for the typical linux router built using
> an
> old computer?  I imagine the cold is good for hard drives and it keeps
> the electronics cool.
>
> Has anyone had favorable results with the RealTek 8180 wireless driver in
> recent 2.6 kernels?  I'm getting a very weak connection that likes to stall
> a lot where I'm wondering if it's poor drivers on the Linux end or problems
> with the Linksys WAP11 that it goes through.  I've gone from 2.6.10 adding
> a Realtek 8180 driver as a third party deal to 2.6.27.39 where the wireless
> card is supported by the kernel directly.
>
> How far can I be from the AP outdoors and still have a strong connection?
> I know wireless in general isn't unstable because I have an ad-hoc
> connection
> between my laptop and the router using Alvarion pcmcia wireless cards.
>
> My RealTek card is branded as a Zonet ZEW1300B I believe and linux
> identifies
> it as a RTL8180L chipset card.
>
> I'm beginning to wonder if I had a pcmcia orinoco card that could hook to
> my
> existing antenna if that would work better than the RealTek card?
>
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