On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 11:56 PM, Michael Robinson <[email protected] > wrote:
> I tried to order two of them thinking I can link them > together between the two buildings with WEP turned on. > Well, turns out that invictuswireless.com can't fill > my order. I asked how long the delay might be and if > the shipping charges can be reduced since it will take > longer to get it to me. I missed the phone call > unfortunately, but I got an email message. > > I found a crude trick to keep the RealTek wifi card > associated with my WAP11. I run a script every ten > minutes to detect if the link is down by trying to > ping the router in the next building and in the event > there is no link, I restart the wireless card. > Surprisingly, this works. Thing is, the link is the > weakest most useless wireless link I have ever worked > with. It usually says link quality is 96/100, but I > seriously doubt it ever is. > > The ground frozen hard, I'd hate to try and dig a trench > right now. Thing is, if I can't pick up outdoor rated > high quality wireless access points I might have to > consider a plan B. > > Maybe on Monday I'll have some more information about my > order and more options to consider. > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > I wonder what the signal to noise ratio is which I think would affect the signal quality and the cards ability to keep an association with the AP even if the link quality is good. Why not invest in a cheap USB wifi adapter or a cheap non realtek wireless PCI card? I've had very good luck with the broadcom based Linksys gear as well as Atheros based stuff. Do you have a laptop? Maybe try walking the length between the 2 buildings with some type of wireless survery/wireless discovery software and figure out why the disassociation is happening. If you don't have the facility to do so, I can come out at some point in the near future and give it a shot. Drew- _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
