I read some contributions to BAWUG, awhile back, about bridging with
Airports. I didn't understand much (not that the explanation was
lacking; my understanding is...), so I thought I'd ask if anyone
could help me figure out what to do.
I want to get DSL access from a network nearby to my office
I've been thinking (sometimes dangerous...) about Airport base stations.
Any one base station communicates with clients it sees with minimum
signal strength and that have similar IDs to its own, yes?
Wouldn't this include another base station? I mean, wouldn't a base
station see another base st
Title: RE: [BAWUG] Non Airport cards for Mac laptops under
OS
3Com has an 802.11a/b/g card that works
in OSX, and it has a neat
pop-out antenna.
athtype=purchase&sku=3CRPAG175>
The MAC drivers are here:
ort=effdt&order=desc&sku=3CRPAG175>
Very cool card. If it works half as well as it works,
A fellow I know was having trouble connecting his PowerBook G4
w/Airport (non-Extreme model) to the public lib's 3COM 3CRWE60092A
a.k.a. "3Com® 11 Mbps Wireless LAN Access Point 6000". He could see
the AP in the Airport menu, but when he selected the network, he got
a profoundly vague error message
At 9:03 PM -0700 1/17/04, Jared Valentine wrote:
3Com AP 6000 supports short preamble. Not sure what the setting is by
default. To turn it off, you'll have to surf to the AP's management IP
address and do the following:
In the Configuration Management System navigation tree under System
Configura
Forwarding this question because I'm curious, also, and I -- unlike
the OP -- subscribe to this list :-)
Anyone know if it's possible? Planned?
Thanks,
Dave
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I was wondering if there was a way to compile or download a MacOS X
port of AirSnort for my PowerBook G4 (15"; 1 Ghz)? According
Title: OS X Airport signal strength
utility
Just came across this great utility called APGrapher for
displaying relative strength of a wireless connection:
http://www.chimoosoft.com/
Works under OS X for Airport cards, but the docs say it may work
for others.
FYI,
Dave
I've got an (original series) Airport card in my PowerBook G3/400
(Firewire) running OS X 10.3.2. Usually, things are fine. Because of
where the Linksys AP is located, signal strength varies, depending on
where I am with the PB in my home.
In one location, signal strength (measured with AP Grap
When I try to connect to a Wi-Fi AP in my area (signal strength about
70 -- per MacStumbler), sometimes it's valid (2 to 3 bars in the
AirPort menu bar icon), and sometimes not (zero bars, and the "There
was an error joining the AirPort network [whatever]." dialog when I
try to connect).
I ca
Sounds like you might be getting interference (Quality = Signal -
Noise) and your actual quality drop as the noise increases. If you
are lucky it may be a phone or another AP on the same channel and
simply switching to channel 1 or 11 will help. If you are unlucky
the interference is all over
And regarding the possibility of interference from a telephone: the
AP is unavailable for hours at a time or sometimes, an entire day. I
could understand many minutes at a time, if it were telephone
interference, but this long period makes me think something else is
at cause.
Thanks,
Dave
To compare, when I go to my local Public Library, I get these signals
(per MacStumbler):
Channel: 10
Signal: 64 (avg)
Noise: 51 (avg)
Channel: 11
Signal: 63 (avg)
Noise: 50 (avg)
I can connect to either of these without a problem. AirPort icon
shows 2-3 bars. Never a disconnect problem, either.
>I can connect to either of these without a problem. AirPort icon
shows 2-3 bars. Never a disconnect problem, either.
Still trying to figure out why the AP accessible (sometimes) from my
office is really intermittent, and the one(s) at the library are rock
solid, with very similar signal and nois
Possibly at issue re. my problem with connecting to a strong AP
signal is firmware version of the AirPort card (original, not
Extreme).
System Profiler (under OS X) tells me that my card has v 7.42.
What do you see for your card version?
Does Apple provide a means for updating the firmware on
Hmmm, I can't find anything in my profiler that even mentions my
AirPort card, but then it's an G4 w/ Extreme, so maybe Apple changed
something.
snip...
Though it would probably be good to update your firmware, since you
mention you don't have a problem connecting elsewhere, it seems like
your
No ideas, but identical problem. I had an old grey base station with
three original airport cards connecting to it. When I got a new
powerbook, I also got an extreme base station and am now a mixed b/g
house. The grey base station never had the problem (although the
titanium would occassionally
I've seen several "cantenna" projects on the 'net. They vary from
using a large coffee can, a cookie can, to one for orange juice. One
thing I've noticed over all projects is that a can with a flat bottom
(not one with those strengthening ripples in it) is preferred.
I know that the wavelength
To deal with the intereference, and perhaps reduce the impact of the
bug, it's a good idea to properly channel space your AP: Channels 1,
6 and 11 are mutually non-interfering so pick the furthest from the
other APs in your area to help reduce interference.
Unfortunately the bug you're describi
I'm building a cantenna.
Is there a source in the bay area for 2.4 GHz coax and connectors?
I'm on the peninsula.
Thanks,
Dave
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I'm trying to get a remote AP's signal into my laptop. I've addressed
different possibilities in various threads in this list.
I am confused about something (well, actually about many things,
but...). Bob Cringley made wireless fame by describing in his column
how he accomplished what I am atte
You've stumped me now... is this the article you're referring to?
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20010628.html This article
was written in 2001, before Apple Airport Extreme was sold. So this
leaves out using WDS with Apple Airport Extreme. He must have used
KarlNet firmware. He menti
Working with client in a home. APE is upstairs (2nd story) in the
extreme (!) corner of the house. Office is downstairs (ground floor)
about 45 feet away. 4 walls and the floor are between. Can't get
signal in office. If you stroll 10 feet closer to the APE, signal
starts to work. No option of
I'm interested in the Engenius/Senao SL-2611 200mW
AP/multi-client/Bridge box. Don't know much about it. Has anyone done
a review of this? Personal experiences to share? Where is it
available to buy?
Thanks,
Dave
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Just wondering... I see no posts since Friday. Is this normal?
Dave
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What do I need to remove to eliminate *all* remnants of iChat? I
haven't seen an "uninstaller" anywhere. Is there one?
Simple. Just hold down the command key and drag the icon out of the
menu bar. It'll disappear with a "poof".
Wow! Another "Doh!"
Thanks,
Dave
I reinstalled MacOS X Server 10.2 to version 10.3 yesterday and have
got a terrible problems.
It's very easy to overlook the obvious... have you tried a different
ethernet cable?
You probably have... that's my only idea.
Dave
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Worked with a friend who has an Apple AirPort Extreme wireless base
station on the corner of the 2nd floor of his home. A PowerBook about
12 feet away gets a strong signal, and another PowerBook 50 feed
away, downstairs, gets marginal, sometimes zero signal, but the one 2
feet from the BS gets
How complex would it be to build a 90-degree antenna? Is it as simple
as a corner of metal with a probe placed along that corner, distanced
from the two planes by 1/4 wave?
Dave
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I've seen the inside of the "plain" AirPort (both Graphite and Snow models).
Does the Extreme use a PC form-factor wireless card also? Does this
card have an external antenna connector that's as easily available as
the earlier models?
Thanks,
Dave
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I've got a bit of a conundrum going in my head.
My goal: get a couple of AirPort base stations talking to each other
(bridging, basically).
I'm told that out-of-the-box, an AirPort (non-Extreme model) base
station can't talk to another base station. I'm told that in order to
get these two base
This FAQ page from KarlNet helps explain what I was trying to understand:
http://www.karlnet.com/Library/FAQ/SECConnectivity.html
It explains how the laptop driver and each type of base station
firmware (default, each of their products) effects the communication
between them. All laid out in a
Looking at the bridging options, I find:
1. Purchase new firmware for existing AP to give it new features.
KarlNet products will allow my AirPort to do this:
http://www.karlnet.com/Library/FAQ/SECConnectivity.html
2. Buy an off-the-shelf bridge box:
- Linksys WET11 is a single-purpose bridge
h
I'm trying to understand the difference between these two. An
off-the-cuff poll seems to result in this semi-consensus:
A hardware box called a router is a one Ethernet-in port, and one (or
more) Ethernet-out port(s) product. Firewall, DHCP, and NAT are
typical features.
A box called a gateway
Apple has just release a new update to the AirPort code in OS X (
AirPort update v 3.4.1):
http://tinyurl.com/3676v
I installed the update today. My experience is that this is an
amazing performance increase. Weak signals, received by my AirPort
wireless card, used to come and go, going to zer
Apple AirPort uses a Lucent WaveLAN Silver card. Don't know the mW
rating, but can we presume it's "modest"? Would it be safe to say
that the Linksys and D-link products put out more power (and the
receivers are more sensitive)? Comparison tests anywhere on-line?
Just trying to get all the para
AP about 100 ft away, seems to grow weak in the evening. Strongest in
early hours (before 10 a.m.), but quickly drops off. (This is between
2 apartment buildings.)
Being N. California, I'd expect the opposite, that moisture would
inhibit signal propagation. Nighttime and early hours are moist,
For a novice at using encryption, could you please explain the
purpose of a key-signing meeting? And what does "extend the web of
trust" mean?
Thanks,
Dave (still learning all the benefits of encryption, signing, etc.)
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A group of PGP enthusiasts have started up a semi-regular key signing
It's not line-of-sight (fences, flora and the occasional fauna in the
way). I'm happy with the signal strength, usually (I do most of my
surfing at home in the evenings).
This is not a practical question (ie, help me solve the problem), but
more a hypothetical / theoretical one. Just trying to
Fellow WUG'ers,
I'm a bit baffled by this problem. Being no expert at Win machines, I
beg your assistance.
Wireless connection to the Access Point is shown as
Wireless Network Connection
Speed: 11.0 Mbps
Signal strength: Excellent
Status: little or no connectivity
But no TCP a
I've narrowed down the problem to the WEP security. If I configure
the AirPort AP with WEP (either 40 or 128 bit) Windows XP will allow
you to enter the WEP key and says it is connected, but won't give any
TCP/IP connectivity to TCP apps. If I disable WEP, XP is happy.
XP's firewall is disabled
Who's a good karlnet dealer to buy from? I'm interested in AP Plus
(or better?) bridge f/w for Airport.
Someone with decent support would be good.
Thanks,
Dave
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