The EM fields of 5GHz waves attenuate much more rapidly they do for 2.4GHz so you need more power to compensate. What's the power on your access point and what kind of antenna are you using?
Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Not to suggest the obvious, but are you using an 802.11a client card? > If you are, then what you are seeing is completely normal behavior. > > > I put the AP on top of the building (it's a one-story thing), not in the > > center of the total area, but about 1/3 to one edge. It's reaching fine > > to the rooms underneath and to the areas nearby, but the strength > > decreases rapidly. In any case, decreases much faster than i've been > > made to believe from the specs. > > I figured i probably need an AP three times more powerful. _______________________________________________ BAWUG's general wireless chat mailing list [unsubscribe] http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
