[nlug] Re: Wifi Issue

2009-05-13 Thread Wayne Fay
The Buffalo routers seem to have more transmission power, but they are sometimes a bit more expensive.  You can get the Linksys routers on sale and they are for sale just about everywhere. The Buffalo routers are great, but they are tough to find in the US due to the CSIRO case in Australia.

[nlug] Re: Wifi Issue

2009-05-13 Thread Chris McQuistion
I've started to see them for sale on Newegg and Amazon just in the past month or two. Chris On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Wayne Fay wayne...@gmail.com wrote: The Buffalo routers seem to have more transmission power, but they are sometimes a bit more expensive. You can get the Linksys

[nlug] Re: Wifi Issue

2009-05-06 Thread Chris McQuistion
I'm a big fan of the Linksys and Buffalo routers that are compatible with the open source firmware. We used these all over our campus (at Watkins College) for our campus-wide wireless network. We use the Tomato firmware (a few less features, but stable and simple to set up) and have our whole,

[nlug] Re: Wifi Issue

2009-05-04 Thread Andrew Farnsworth
Price has gone up to $50... still a good deal but makes me hesitate. I do want one that is dd-wrt compatible, but, like you, am on a budget. We will see. Andy On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 7:59 AM, Don Delp nesma...@gmail.com wrote: If you're looking for new hardware, a friend of mine is buying

[nlug] Re: Wifi Issue

2009-04-27 Thread Don Delp
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 7:39 AM, Daniel Owen danielowe...@gmail.com wrote: If you can connect to your neighbors sounds like an issue with the router. Have you upgraded the router firmware to latest greatest? If the router is out of warranty you might want to crack it open and make sure that

[nlug] Re: Wifi Issue

2009-04-25 Thread Daniel Owen
If you can connect to your neighbors sounds like an issue with the router. Have you upgraded the router firmware to latest greatest? If the router is out of warranty you might want to crack it open and make sure that the internal antenna connection is not loose. On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:10 AM,

[nlug] Re: Wifi Issue

2009-04-24 Thread Andrew Farnsworth
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:56 AM, G K gm5...@gmail.com wrote: While it is possible that the neighbors wifi is interfering with yours. I would say most likely it's not. You didn't mention what chipset you're using and if it supports WPA/2 /WEP. Oddly enough when I was using Debian Lenny my