Wireless = radio, radios are frequency sensitive devices, and frequencies shift with temperature.
Is 15 F a problem? I dunno. That's what testing is for -- do you think your router was tested at 15F? someone 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? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > -- Tim Wescott Wescott Design Services Voice: 503-631-7815 Cell: 503-349-8432 http://www.wescottdesign.com _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
