on the top floor, and I've had a good signal (measured by MacStumbler - the
Macintosh version of NetStumber) all the way into the basement and out in
the back yard. Perhaps it's the WAP.
larry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Braver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 3:57 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: speaking of linksys...
>
>
> 2.4GHz wireless phones, microwave ovens, and residential wood
> stud with sheetrock construction all interfere with WiFi
> signals. The rooms which are almost directly below the
> upstairs den get a really good signal (router is upstairs).
> Rooms where signal must go through kitchen or too many walls
> don't get much. Am playing with a 2nd WAP to see if that helps.
>
> -Ben
>
>
> >I have the same a 4-port wireless linksys router w/ cablemodem and I
> >have a lot of Wireless connection unavailable type errors;
> I'm not 20
> >feet away from the modem with my laptop either. Its kinda
> lame. But
> >hey it still works 80% of the time.
> >
> >SIGH.
> >
> >Maybe its cuz the router is 2.4Ghz and so are the cordless phones in
> >the apartment.
> >
> >Beetz me.
> >
> >brendan avery 2.0 developers edition http://www.brendanavery.com
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: jeremiah bascue [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 1:12 PM
> >To: CF-Community
> >Subject: re: speaking of linksys...
> >
> >I had a really similar problem when I had the same linksys
> as you do.
> >The solution was to move it away from the cable modem -- at least 6
> >feet. My new router is a lot more forgiving than the Linksys was in
> >this regard, but it's no where near as tidy and that's a big problem
> >for a cable-tidy-neat-freak like me. ;)
> >
> >Anyway, it might be worth giving this a shot.
> >--jeremiah
> >
> >
> >
> >bret <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> So I have a Linksys 4-port Cable/DSL router. It's worked
> great until
> >> about 2 weeks ago, when it totally freaked out and wouldn't release
> >its
> >> DHCP lease with Comcast. I spent pretty much all day
> getting it back
> >> online.
> >>
> >> It worked great for awhile and now it seems to be locking
> up several
> >> times a day, to the point where I have to do the magic
> >> router-reanimation-dance and power it down, power down the cable
> >modem,
> >does
> >> anyone have any non-linksys suggestions? Needs to be pretty
> >low-profile
> >> so it will fit in our silly media hub that lives in the wall of our
> >> closet. Minimum 4-ports, plus all those nifty firewall features and
> >stuff.
> >>
> >> -Bret
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
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