Well don't keep us in suspense! What was wrong with your laptop? That this looked like a wireless connection problem is intriguing.
-Mike O. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Jackson Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 12:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SOCALWUG] Quick Antenna Questions Thanks to everyone with your replies. It was an issue with the specific laptop I was using. --- David Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If I have an external antenna connected to a laptop > and try to pick up the wireless access point from > 300 > yards, I have no problem. I get an IP address and > everything. I'm able to ping the AP, other clients > hooked up to it. However, I'm unable to get to the > web do file sharing etc. I know that it works when > I'm close to the access point. Does the access > point > also need an external antenna to shoot the signal > back > to me? > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Search - Find what youre looking for faster > http://search.yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com
