Re: [MBZ] Router help

2008-12-25 Thread MG
Well maybe not the FCC but how about the guys in Armed Forces communications. Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:26:20 -0600 From: OK Don okd...@gmail.com I wonder if the FCC cares what she does in Iraq? Some of our 802.11? stuff is not legal in parts of Europe for example - not sure whose rules

Re: [MBZ] Router help

2008-12-24 Thread Bill R
-Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Rich Thomas I thought D Snook was the only one on the list who had a cataract. --R And actually I traded my 'cat' already, even faster than Donald

Re: [MBZ] Router help

2008-12-24 Thread Tim C.
cheaper. :) Good luck, -Tim -Original Message- From: MG trainpain2...@yahoo.com Date: Tuesday, Dec 23, 2008 7:41 pm Subject: Re: [MBZ] Router help To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.comReply-To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Well the cantenna probably won't

Re: [MBZ] Router help

2008-12-24 Thread Frederick W Moir
Manfred, et al. Sorry, Manfred, can't help you there. I'm just smart enough to blow fuses. I use a refurbished Netgear Mimo G router from Tiger and it suits me. Some of the list genii will know a lot better than ole spark y. Fred Moir Lynn MA p.s. Try Kaleb's Linux list, some of them are half

Re: [MBZ] Router help - or perhaps being able to see the router

2008-12-24 Thread Bill R
To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' Subject: Re: [MBZ] Router help -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Rich Thomas I thought D Snook was the only one on the list who had a cataract. --R

Re: [MBZ] Router help

2008-12-24 Thread Tyler
What she wants to do is possible, but likely illegal (the FCC regulates the gain of directional antennas), so she'll have to build the antenna herself. You can go really long distances (10+ miles) with regular wireless cards/transmitters with the proper directional antenna setups on each

Re: [MBZ] Router help - or perhaps being able to see the router

2008-12-24 Thread Craig McCluskey
On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:16:26 -0500 Bill R billr32...@comcast.net wrote: When they were doing the vision check this morning I also found out that the 'ghosting' and double letters I was seeing in my left eye were from refractions caused by the cataract there, so now and I somewhat anxious to

Re: [MBZ] Router help

2008-12-24 Thread Mitch Haley
MG wrote: Yeah that's what I would do but she isn't that into making something like that. Just about any outdoor antenna that she can stick on a pole and point down at the next trailer should do it, if she has an antenna jack on the wifi card and the proper extension cable. Maybe something

Re: [MBZ] Router help

2008-12-24 Thread Bill R
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Router help Bill R wrote: Hi Manfred - When I was asking about routers awhile back there were any number of suggestions and links to plans for making homemade antennas that were supposed to be good. I guess I never mentioned what I'm using with my cell modem, it's just a basic

Re: [MBZ] Router help

2008-12-24 Thread MG
I'm at he same place as you. I can take something apart and if there is something burned I can replace that. If that works then great if notOh well, some more time wasted. I've let the smoke out of more wire and components that most of the people I know. The things never seem to work very

Re: [MBZ] Router help

2008-12-24 Thread MG
I hate it when the power blips right after I've written a whole bunch of stuff. Now I have to do the whole thing again. I got to talk with Missy when she called for Christmas just a bit ago. (we open presents on the 24th so everyone was here and got to talk to her) BTW a Merry Christmas to

Re: [MBZ] Router help

2008-12-24 Thread MG
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Router help To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: 51981e5e-d3a2-471f-a4a6-ab80b8e3d...@usermail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes What she wants to do is possible, but likely illegal (the FCC regulates the gain

Re: [MBZ] Router help

2008-12-24 Thread MG
I'll send that on to her Mitch I don't recall whether her laptop has a card or if the thing is internal. I figure she would be out of luck if it is internal. Manfred Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:03:03 -0500 From: Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net MG wrote: Yeah that's what I would do but she

Re: [MBZ] Router help

2008-12-24 Thread OK Don
I wonder if the FCC cares what she does in Iraq? Some of our 802.11? stuff is not legal in parts of Europe for example - not sure whose rules apply in Iraq. On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Tyler casi...@usermail.com wrote: What she wants to do is possible, but likely illegal (the FCC regulates

[MBZ] Router help

2008-12-23 Thread M G
My daughter asked me about the longest range wireless router in N. She is at camp Victory and a bunch of the people got together and bought a used satellite dish from some of the guys who were coming home. They live in three trailers with foot thick concrete blast walls between them. They have two

Re: [MBZ] Router help

2008-12-23 Thread Bill R
Subject: [MBZ] Router help My daughter asked me about the longest range wireless router in N. She is at camp Victory and a bunch of the people got together and bought a used satellite dish from some of the guys who were coming home. They live in three trailers with foot thick concrete blast walls

Re: [MBZ] Router help

2008-12-23 Thread Rich Thomas
I thought D Snook was the only one on the list who had a cataract. --R Bill R wrote: I had cataract surgery this morning so I should soon be better at reading the small print and figuring out what might work, though I am having a bit of a hard time typing at the moment. BillR

Re: [MBZ] Router help

2008-12-23 Thread Redghost
For antenna upgrading, a Pringles Cantenna is superb. Might be an issue with getting it hooked to her internal antenna though. Using a router as an access point would also solve the issue. She would want to place it up high as close to the other routers to get strong signal clay On

Re: [MBZ] Router help

2008-12-23 Thread MG
off-the-shelf piece that would let her connect and then bring home to use at home when the time comes. Manfred Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:13:56 -0500 From: Bill R billr32...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [MBZ] Router help Hi Manfred - When I was asking about routers awhile back there were any

Re: [MBZ] Router help

2008-12-23 Thread Frederick W Moir
Manfred. Tiger direct is having a sale on a D-Link N wireless router for $40 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=3334084sku=D700-2328 YMMV Fred Moir At 07:18 PM 12/23/2008, you wrote: Yeah that's what I would do but she isn't that into making something

Re: [MBZ] Router help

2008-12-23 Thread MG
: Redghost redgh...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [MBZ] Router help For antenna upgrading, a Pringles Cantenna is superb. Might be an issue with getting it hooked to her internal antenna though. Using a router as an access point would also solve the issue. She would want to place it up high as close

Re: [MBZ] Router help

2008-12-23 Thread Mitch Haley
Bill R wrote: Hi Manfred - When I was asking about routers awhile back there were any number of suggestions and links to plans for making homemade antennas that were supposed to be good. I guess I never mentioned what I'm using with my cell modem, it's just a basic corner reflector, which I

Re: [MBZ] Router help

2008-12-23 Thread LWB250
: From: Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net Subject: Re: [MBZ] Router help To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Date: Tuesday, December 23, 2008, 8:48 PM Bill R wrote: Hi Manfred - When I was asking about routers awhile back there were any number of suggestions and links to plans

Re: [MBZ] Router help

2008-12-23 Thread Craig McCluskey
On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:48:42 -0500 Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote: I guess I never mentioned what I'm using with my cell modem, it's just a basic corner reflector, which I believe adds about 3db. Depends upon the size of the reflector. Craig ___

Re: [MBZ] Router help

2008-12-23 Thread MG
-0500 From: Frederick W Moir fred.s...@verizon.net Subject: Re: [MBZ] Router help Manfred. Tiger direct is having a sale on a D-Link N wireless router for $40 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=3334084sku=D700-2328 YMMV Fred Moir