I did an install up on the mountains today... It's just about a half hour's drive from my workshop, almost an hour's drive from home...
Although this is a very remote AP, there ARE a few homes nearby. And one of those had called and we're doing the install. So, we get her IMAC hooked up and viola! It works. But, my speed test was chugging along at only .9 to 1.5Mbit - it's a web based script that estimates download speed. So, I downloaded a file. Sure enough... It starts about 175KB/sec, and after about 5 megs go by, it's crawling along at 80KB. I log into the cpe and try adjusting every stinking thing I can, making sure we have great RSSI at both ends (ap and cpe). Still, the data flow is not good at all. Well, I had forgotten the switch so we could get her husband's machine on as well. So, later in the day I returned and we put in the switch. Well, I ran the speed test again... 1.2MEGABYTES PER SECOND download speed. I had set it up with what I thought were really good settings... I THOUGHT it was right. I just didn't realize that her old IMAC couldn't sustain more than 80KB/sec downloads. No kidding. The hard drive thrashed visciously and that's all it could do. Sometimes I forget... I know what I know, I know what I'm doing... Or, I should. Man, trust what you know you know, self-doubt can really mess ya up and waste your time. -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
