Mark, There are two ways to improve your signal strength - power and antenna. Good omni antennas are available from
http://www.superpass.com http://www.fab-corp.com http://www.hdcom.com http://www.hyperlinktech.com Some antennas include a "pigtail" cable to connect to your WAP. Whether the pigtail is included or you buy it separately, be sure it matches your WAP's antenna connector. Alan > I hate to be boring - but I'm looking for basic > information on how far the various access points > broadcast (the power output rating perhaps) - and > possibly how various antennas can help. You see, > I'm rather feeble and know NOTHING about dbi and > such! > > I'm not talking about long distance bridging, or > bridging at all. Just standard internal use at home > or in the office. I have purchased 4 different > AP's, and have generally been disgusted with all of > them, distance wise. > > I have multiple access points in my house - and > really only have half of it covered - which I > find... silly. I have used a variety of wireless > cards, laptops etc as well - and I'm frustrated at > the lack of basic information on how to get decent > range out of this equipment. > > Are there any websites, etc. with this kind of info? > Does anyone have any recommendations on equipment > to use? > > Thanks in advance, > > Mark __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
