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Originally posted by johnwilliams474:
but ive had wireless for a long time now and unless your gonna
spend alot of money and get profesinal wirless routers and cards like the big companys do your gonna get disconnects i often loose the signil in my house in the same room it gets annoying sometimes i only use wirless when i need to
Probably using the 802.11b or g ... lots of interference in residential areas on the 2.4ghz range...including microwave ovens.
Ensure that your antenna is correctly attached (tighten it), change your frequency channel, and ensure that your AP is nowhere near your main fusebox, or any other 2-phase cables.
If you're still getting disconnects, look at your hardware ... old linksys pre the cisco buy-out is garbage. D-Link wireless, likewise, is garbage. Netgear and new Linksys make very apt hardware for small use. PCI wireless cards are not great either, the antenna's are often hidden away, incorrectly rotated, and right next to the power-suppy and sometimes battery-UPS devices. If you have a laptop and the wireless card is a PCMCIA with-out an 'external' antenna (ie just the black plastic at the end), dump it too. Range is probably limited a lot with this. I've sold a number of WUSB54G and WUSB54GS Linksys adpators with very positive results.
If interference is more your problem, on the 2.4 band, go to 802.11a.
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Originally posted by Dweezel:
Originally posted by Pigeon:
Originally posted by johnwilliams474:
well you can take a look at this site and make your own
here
or here
but ive had wireless for a long time now and unless your gonna
spend alot of money and get profesinal wirless routers and cards like the big companys do your gonna get disconnects i often loose the signil in my house in the same room it gets annoying sometimes i only use wirless when i need to
i recomend buying some cat 5 cable
and running either under ground (dig a shallow trench)
or something like that yall are neighbors so it shoudn't take to much wire
If you can't maintain a wireless connection you need better equipment. I've got a Toshiba 802.11b router and a Hawking USB receiver/antenna and haven't dropped my household network in a year. I can also access several of my neighbors' networks too (though they're smart enough to keep them locked down so I can't get on they networks they show up with good signal strength).
You can build your own high-gain antenna or buy one to extend the range of your network. Either one will be easier and cheape than trying to run Cat5 cable to a neighbor...
Scott
I am moving to a place that only has a wireless network in place. The router is in the other end of the apartment so I bought a Hawking hi-gain USB antenna for my P.C. Do you have good luck with it?
I've had great luck with my Hawking USB antenna. It's not a high-gain model but works just fine for what I need, which is just to pick up a signal from the second floor on the first floor half the house away.
Scott
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my ap or router what ever you wanna call it is a wrt54g the one you can put different versions on linux on its running stock and it very incrypted with a mac address filter to
but i am majoring in cisco networking so it aint that hard for me to run cat 5 cable around the house and make it look profesinal its werd i know why im getting the disconnects
its because my laptop has a week antenna i thought about geting a pcmcia card but im not that worried about it
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I don't think it's gonna happen. These things just don't put out much power. I'm running a 802.11g card in my laptop right now. The Router is set up for extended range and I am only getting a "normal" signal strength at best around the house.
MAYBE if you set up a couple of "directional" antennae pointed at each other, it might work...
Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.
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Originally posted by TourDeForce:
I don't think it's gonna happen. These things just don't put out much power. I'm running a 802.11g card in my laptop right now. The Router is set up for extended range and I am only getting a "normal" signal strength at best around the house.
MAYBE if you set up a couple of "directional" antennae pointed at each other, it might work...
802.11b&g have very quick drop-offs in range with basic antenna's. You will probably find that the problem is most likely in the wireless card, as opposed to the router itself. Again, PCMCIA wireless cards are a total waste of time unless you are within about 30' with ideal, unrestricted LOS. They suffer from interference at the drop of a hat, and when you're running off battery they are probably not runnign at full strrength. Get an external one to make you happy!
If you want to extend range, check out NetGear's range, they can often be found heeavily discounted somewhere or other.
Oh yes .... stear clear of lower class products. With the likes of SMC, D-link, and un-heard of names, you will have many problems.
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I know Linksys is owned by Cisco... Maybe they used some of their expertise on them.
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Originally posted by johnwilliams474:
my ap or router what ever you wanna call it is a wrt54g the one you can put different versions on linux on its running stock and it very incrypted with a mac address filter to
but i am majoring in cisco networking so it aint that hard for me to run cat 5 cable around the house and make it look profesinal its werd i know why im getting the disconnects
its because my laptop has a week antenna i thought about geting a pcmcia card but im not that worried about it
If you have a newer laptop, your wireless 'should' be good. That's because the back of the TFT has the antenna run across it to maximise surface area for reception. It in effect, works like a dish, to catch the signal.
Remember if you're running CAT5 through a plenum, to check what FT rating you need, also check with your insurance company. If you run it incorrectly, and there's a fire in your house which spreads, your insurance company 'can' deny your claim. Run in conduit if possible.
Out of curiosity, how do you 'major' in Cisco networking? Is this attached to a degree somehow, or do you mean like a CCNE. I'm curious to know because it's been a long time since I looked at certifications, and they seem to change all time. It would be neat if they could slot professional certs into degrees though, that would help the skills base a lot. Imagine how much easier it would be with a degree in Applied Computer Sciences with a Symantec Security qualification thrown in. NICE !
** Runs away as I'm now turning into a nerd **
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