Today I got another try at this. Customer told me that they had lost all connectivity the last couple of days. When I left, the AP was set on one of the three channels the internal PCI card would see, and all was working. When I got back there today, the internal PCI card would not see/connect to the ap even on the channel that had previously been working. I had taken a Senao CB3 bridge with me today, with the stock rubber-ducky antenna, thinking that if both it and my laptop could connect, but the internal pci card with external antenna could not, that might indicate the problem was with their computer.
Sure enough, when I plugged the CB3 in, it connected immediately. I tried it while switching the AP to all the different channels. Even when I took the antenna off of it to attempt to dissassociate it from the AP (to resolve an IP address conflict) the CB3 remained connected. I couldn't get it to disconnect. On any channel. Could it be that the Dell desktop has something internal creating a lot of RF noise? Or driver issues? This is an older couple, pretty rural, no fancy stuff like Wireless cams, they do have a phone, but it is 5.8Ghz. nearest neighbors are about 1/4 mile. I suppose that my probable next step is to take another desktop unit up there and put the PCI card in it to see what happens. John George Rogato wrote: > It could be something else in the 2.4 gig range that is not wifi and > thats why you can't see it in a survey. > Something that comes to mind, 2.4gig cameras. The proprietary ones that > are not wifi or ip cams. > > George > > > J. Vogel wrote: > >> Is it possible for interference to prevent a signal from showing up in a >> site >> survey in Windows Zero Configuration utility? I set up a relay AP at a >> home yesterday, the AP being on the roof of the garage (couldn't get >> a link to my tower from the house). The wireless card I put in the customers >> computer would not connect to (usually would not even see) the AP, although >> it would find APs in other homes 1/2 mile away at times. My laptop, sitting >> on the desk next to the computer, connected immediately, with great signal >> strength. BUT, if I changed the channel to either 9, 10, or 11, then the >> desktop unit would connect, also with great signal strength. I changed out >> the radio on the garage, changed the PCI wireless card in the desktop, >> antennas, >> everything, but as long as the AP was on channel 8 or lower, the desktop >> would usually not find it, and when it did, the RSSI was very low. My laptop >> however, did not have any problems connecting no matter what channel >> the AP was on, with excellent RSSI reported on all channels. >> >> Is there an explanation for what I was seeing? >> >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > -- John Vogel - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.vogent.net 620-754-3907 Vogel Enterprises LLC Information Services Provider serving S.E. Kansas -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
