RE: Wireless woes...

2002-10-01 Thread Jacob
5 miles odd. >Who needs to war dial? ;-) > >-Original Message- >From: Jacob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 3:58 PM >To: CF-Community >Subject: RE: Wireless woes... > > >So, I walk around the house with a Pringles can attached to my

RE: Wireless woes...

2002-10-01 Thread Kevin Gilchrist
:58 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Wireless woes... So, I walk around the house with a Pringles can attached to my laptop...hmm At 02:49 PM 10/1/2002 -0400, you wrote: >Dude, don't buy one just make one from a Pringles can. >One of the guys has done it here and tested it. Improved r

RE: Wireless woes...

2002-10-01 Thread Jacob
27;s directional but that's alright > >Check out: >http://www.turnpoint.net/wireless/has.html > >-Original Message- >From: Jacob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 1:55 PM >To: CF-Community >Subject: Re: Wireless woes... > > >T

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2002-10-01 Thread Kevin Gilchrist
Jacob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 1:55 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Wireless woes... Their wireless high-gain antenna kits look interesting... At 01:41 PM 10/1/2002 -0400, you wrote: >Just to ask, where and how is your access point mounted and how is your >lap

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2002-10-01 Thread Hatton Humphrey
If you have enough Cat5 to move the access point out into the living room, try running it to a shelf or high ledge away from the computer system. It could be poicking up intermod or spurrious emissions from the computer itself or the monitor. Hatton Jacob wrote: >Access point on top of my t

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2002-10-01 Thread Larry Lyons
Web: http://www.ebstor.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 1:47 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Wireless woes...

Re: Wireless woes...

2002-10-01 Thread Jacob
Access point on top of my tower in the room. Laptop usually sits on the coffee table in front of the couch as I watch TV. My bedroom is next to the living room. Right when I walk through the door of the bedroom and turn the corner going to the living room, the signal drops off. If I run a C

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2002-10-01 Thread Hatton Humphrey
Naw, SHF doesn't have that big of a range. Hatton Jacob wrote: >Maybe too powerful.. I could end up picking up the FBI communicating with >the CIA, which of course would be very quiet... > > > >At 02:09 PM 10/1/2002 -0400, you wrote: > > >>I was going to suggest looking for just that :) >> >

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2002-10-01 Thread Jacob
Maybe too powerful.. I could end up picking up the FBI communicating with the CIA, which of course would be very quiet... At 02:09 PM 10/1/2002 -0400, you wrote: >I was going to suggest looking for just that :) > >Hatton > >Jacob wrote: > > >Their wireless high-gain antenna kits look interesti

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2002-10-01 Thread Hatton Humphrey
I was going to suggest looking for just that :) Hatton Jacob wrote: >Their wireless high-gain antenna kits look interesting... > >At 01:41 PM 10/1/2002 -0400, you wrote: > > >>Just to ask, where and how is your access point mounted and how is your >>laptop oriented? >> >>I have to say that I'

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2002-10-01 Thread Jacob
Their wireless high-gain antenna kits look interesting... At 01:41 PM 10/1/2002 -0400, you wrote: >Just to ask, where and how is your access point mounted and how is your >laptop oriented? > >I have to say that I'm not to trusting of SMC's site, they say the >antenna on the access point is an, "E

Re: Wireless woes...

2002-10-01 Thread Hatton Humphrey
Just to ask, where and how is your access point mounted and how is your laptop oriented? I have to say that I'm not to trusting of SMC's site, they say the antenna on the access point is an, "External Dipole" and I'm currently downloading the 9.6 Mb TIFF image (!?!?) Hatton Jacob wrote: >No

RE: Wireless woes...

2002-10-01 Thread Jacob
Now I am spiderman... I have tried that also... It is like there is a force field around the room...LOL At 10:58 AM 10/1/2002 -0500, you wrote: >It's that radioactive spider that bit you. That's the problem. > >Alternatively, you can try rotating your antenna 90% on different axis to >see if th

RE: Wireless woes...

2002-10-01 Thread Kevin Graeme
It's that radioactive spider that bit you. That's the problem. Alternatively, you can try rotating your antenna 90% on different axis to see if that makes a difference. Kevin Graeme > -Original Message- > From: Jacob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 10:52 AM