[Wirelessdriver-support] Re: Signal Strength

[Vincent C. <vca...@ma...>]

At 3:34p -0700 2002/07/21, Russ Cusimano wrote:
>>From: bh...@ma...
>>Subject: [Wirelessdriver-support] Signal Strength
>>
>>I have a Powerbook G3 Wallstreet with a Orinoco Gold Card connecting to
>>a linksys base.  The driver seems to load just fine but ...i was 
>>not getting was a signal strength. <snip>
>
>Is the behavior any better with WEP disabled?
>
>I have a PBG3 Lombard with an Orinoco Silver card. I'm using an 
>Airport Base Station rather than a Linksys access point, but I have 
>experience with Linksys access points and cards. I have Lucent 
>range-extending antenna connected to my base station, as well.
>
>I my situation, I have seen great fluctuations in signal strength, 
>including dropping to zero for what seems like an eternity. I'm 
>certain there are at least three things going on:
>1. Definitely interference from my 2.4 GHz phone system
>2. Relative placement of the access point and PB. My house is full 
>of surprising dead spots
>3. Some wireless cards seem to not want to reconnect with the base 
>after a severe signal drop-out. I have a Netgear card, for example, 
>that has to be manually told to rescan for a signal in those 
>situations.

I also use a Lombard w/Orinoco Silver. I've been using an SMC 
Barricade as an access point and recently acquired a D-Link WAP. I 
have a Siemens 2.4 GHz business phone system.

1. I've NOT had interference problems with the phone and either WAP.
2. With a WAP at the front of my home, I have acceptable signal 
through two floors to the back of the house. I deploy the D-Link at 
whichever location I land at in the course of the last two weeks and 
have gotten reasonable coverage through any one building. I _feel_ as 
though the SMC's range is less than that of the D-Link but have only 
tested in two environs.
3. I find that if I have a dropout, I have to get close enough for a 
strong signal in order to reconnect.
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