>> My question to this group ... is there any software available that will >sense the wireless >> disconnect and then AUTOMATICALLY search for a good channel and make the >> channel change? > >Al, > >Do you need to change the channel on both the router and your laptop?
No, just on the router (Linksys WRT54G v2) >If you need to change the channel on only your laptop, your router may >be detecting the 'bad' channel and auto-switching to a new channel. > >If that is the case, you will need to check with the vendor of your >laptop's WLAN card if they have any additional software or a driver >update that has this capability. I appear to be using the current version... > >BTW, there is a standard that defines how the access point (or router >in your case) can switch to a 'good' channel and inform everyone in >the network of the change so that it is transparent to the user. >However the standard was originally defined for the 5Ghz band (802.11a >only) and it is not clear when the various WLAN vendors will adapt it >to the 2.4GHz band (802.11b and 802.11g). We can only hope it happens sooner rather than later <grin> Was hoping there was some software outthere that can do this until such time as Linksys (or some other vendor) builds this feature into their products (not sure why it would not be somehting that would have been done initially)! Al ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/5AhqlB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ******* Wireless LAN Weblog - WLAN Forum http://www.wireless--lan.com/wlanforum.html Wireless LAN Search http://search.freefind.com/find.html?id=6750665 Wireless LAN Jobs - WLAN Jobs http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wlanjobs/ Top WLAN Sites http://topsitelists.com/topsites.cgi?ID=1&user=wirelesslan&area=bestsites Wireless LAN Books http://www.stockhelp.net/bluetoothbooks.html If you got this from someone else you can join at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wirelesslan/ or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wirelesslan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
