On 12/30/06, Lew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do they work? Yes, they do.
> Recommendations? Cautions? A regular 802.11 b/g WAP can cover a 300 foot radius under ideal conditions. The most significant attentuation occurs in the first couple of feet. Try positioning the antenna where there's nothing but air for 3' above and around, away from walls, ceilings and especially electrical equipment. (For example, if I place a running USB external drive on the same tabletop as the WAP, I kill all the connections). Different WAPs differ in signal strength and capabilities. Several have updates or third-party firware that improve their capabilities. Ensure you're running the latest firmware and/or research the 3rd-party firmware. With the WRT54g, power output is adjustable with 3rd-party firmware. > My WAP is on the first floor of a 3 story frame house + basement. We > need good connectivity throughout. Standard signal security is fine with us. What are you getting now? What kind of equipment do you have? Linksys sells reasonably priced boosters and omnidirectional antennae that could both help, but it's worth a bit of experimentation with what you have. Also if you have a spare router/wap around, some can be configured to share and boost signals. Finally, though it may not be obvious, the ideal (imo) is wired on all levels: we have a basement of servers and machines in repair, with a WRT54g router as firewall for the office DSL, a first floor with incoming cable, one WRT54g as router/firewall/WAP and a second at the far end of the house as a bridge for the MythTV front end, and a second floor with the ethernet snaked up next to the hot air duct for occasionally projects like beaming wireless to the fairgrounds next door. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
