On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 1:53 PM, Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to strengthen a wireless connection that spans about 150 > feet and has to go through about 5 walls. I bought two of these: > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833164110 > > for either end of the connection, but I'm having trouble making it > work well. I've noticed the connection will be perfect for a short > time, but then disappear. When watching iwconfig during this process, > it looks like the connection is good when on a low rate, but when it > goes to 54 Mbps it falls apart. > > Should limiting the rate solve this problem? If so, how can I do > that? I'm using hostapd on the AP and wpa_supplicant on the client. > > - Grant
It might but it didn't for me. I eventually bought 4 of these LinkSys Wireless Access Point units and placed them in strategic locations to get around the problems I was having. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833124012 They have worked very well for me but occasionally I have folks in my neighborhood getting attached to my network and I have to forcibly drive them off. I run these in their 'bridging' mode and don't use any Linux wireless. All my Gentoo machines use wired networks talking to these boxes or the router directly. Hope this helps, Mark -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
