On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 07:00:27PM +1100, Howard Lowndes wrote: > I am trying to get a wifi signal working between two BV houses about 20 > m apart separated by a colourbond fence. > > I can get it to work but the signal is weak - typically less than 20% > and drop outs are frequent. > > Am I asking too much of wifi?
I went through this exercise recently. The brick doesn't seem to be too much problem. I get 20 metres routinely through up to 3 double brick walls at quite good signal strength. In two of the rooms there are two 150mm heavy RSJ steel beams that don't see to make a difference. As others have noted, the colourbond fence is going to be a problem. I don't have that to contend with. I'm using a netgear wgt624 access point at one end and a netgear pcmcia card at the other. No special set up. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
