On Saturday 02 August 2003 13:10, Dan Aloni wrote: > > Although it seems to work OK, I am really not satisfied with my WiFi setup. > Using a D-Link DWL-900AP+ access point, it seems that the wireless > connection gets completely disconnected from 20 meters away, and at a 1 > meter range - the link doesn't get any faster than 6Mbit/sec. What's the > point of WiFi if I can't get upstairs to my room without losing the link?
I've had that problem on my first WiFi installation (when I bought my first WiFi card and AP). It turned out the card was at fault - I then bought a better (Orinico gold) card and I can now use my AP from every corner of the house at very good speeds. The fact that you only get 6Mbs at close range means that something is indeed wrong with either your AP or your card. Other things to check: - Are there thick walls that may weaken the signal? (in August Penguin, about half way through the day I realized the conference room the AP was in had shelter-like cement walls, and thus the signal was barely usable outside the room. This is a good opportunity to apologize to all those that expected WiFi and were dissappointed). Some people have an indoor shelter (MAMAD) which serves as a work room. That is not the ideal location for the AP, as the walls are usually thick enough to weaken the signal considerably. - Are there any electric lines in the walls that may interfere with the signal? (I'm not talking about the casual electric line that goes through your walls, but on a thick electricity grid) Luckily, debugging is easy. Borrow an AP from someone and check it with your card. Then borrow a WiFi card from someone and check it with your AP. You'll then know who's at fault. -- "It was only a one liner. A semi-illiterate chipmunk could've written it. " -- MBY about his 2.5.73 kernel patch in tpam_queues.c - Aviram ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
