-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Sorry, seems my thunderbird spell check missed that one. I apologize if I offend grammatically.
Jim Ray wrote: | i'm glad yours works. my expensive 802.11b link between two | manufacturing plants works great, too. copper works better. that's an | honest constructive opinion of mine that i practice and preach wherein | no comment like "that technology sucks" exists. so, until you've got | something constructive to add, kindly hit your delete key if you don't | like what you see. | | maybe you should learn to spell beneficial before correcting the english | of others. | | hth, | | jim | |> |> You know Jim, I've been running 802.11b/g in my house for a few years |> now, and experience little to no problems - including heavy usage while |> both my wife and myself play World of Warcraft. Just because you had a |> bad experience does not mean that a technology sucks. It would be more |> benificial to this group and to the poster if you had something |> constructive to add to the discussion. |> |> Something constructive : |> |> I have some notes for the original poster : It sounds like there may be |> somethign else interfering with the signal. If, perhaps, there is a 2.4 |> GhZ phone in the house, that will cause all manner of problems, since |> phones tend to broadcast all over the spectrum, insteead of settling n |> one channel or another like the WiFi Network. Additionally, changing the |> channel on the AP & computers may reduce interference from other 2.4GhZ |> devices. |> |> Hope this helps, and please feel free to ignore Jim - he had a problem |> with WiFi and hasn't let us forget it since. WiFi works great in homes, |> at MANY large environments (including Cisco, Red Hat, IBM, UNC, and |> NCSU), and in public places (Starbucks, the Pittsboro General Store |> Cafe, etc). Don't let Jim fool you - the technology is fine, it's just |> the setup that may need tweaking. |> |> Jim Ray wrote: |> | welcome to 802.11b. if it is in your own home, take the time to run |> | copper and kiss your problems good bye. |> | |> |> The problem, he tells me, is that he loses the connection |> |> sporadically, sometimes only for five seconds, but sometimes for |> |> minutes on end (even after bringing the interface down and back up) |> |> |> |> |> |> - -- |> - ---------------------------------- |> - -- Kevin Sonney -- |> - -- ICQ: 4855069 AIM: ksonney -- |> - ---------------------------------- |> 1024D/320C 0336 3BC4 13EC 4AEC 6AF2 525F CED7 7BB6 12C9 |> ~ Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away |> ~ -- Philip K. Dick |> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- |> Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (MingW32) |> Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org |> |> iD8DBQFDGaVEce1jAa4B7VERAtTvAJ4xzLx+6ill3T5jGppCRCg++ZFiAACgj7cW |> e4g5TpmN207opgn+svCl4n4= |> =gx+L |> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- | | - -- - ---------------------------------- - -- Kevin Sonney -- - -- ICQ: 4855069 AIM: ksonney -- - ---------------------------------- 1024D/320C 0336 3BC4 13EC 4AEC 6AF2 525F CED7 7BB6 12C9 ~ Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away ~ -- Philip K. Dick -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDGdN7ce1jAa4B7VERAmHkAJ9R5hldjG8eHw84TrpJZWaHx1GkYgCfeBnV rWjmbSImdWnQmGhj2X8TUTA= =tDmB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
