On Thu, 2007-04-12 at 23:13 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 08:22:26PM +0100, TheVeech wrote: > > For indoors, the aerial (at the back of the house) is pointed in the > > direction of the centre of the house, and it works pretty well inside. > > It just means I'll have to reposition it for outdoors. > > > > Pointed in the direction of? You mean the end of the aerial points towards > where you expect to get best coverage? This may be sub-optimal. > > As I understand it the signal pattern from most domestic antennas on access > points is toroidal - a doughnut spanning outwards from the antenna itself. > To get the best coverage you should have the antenna either upright or > horizontal, depending on the orientation of the antenna at the other end.
Bloody Hell. You've given me a right headache now. Just kidding, thanks. This gives me some options for experimenting. > > > > Move the access point nearer the middle of the building? > > > > For winter, I'll do this but for now I'll point it outside. This > > weather's something else! > > > > The other thing to think about is the channel you are using. > > Make sure your neighbours aren't using the same channel or any channel two > up or down from the one you're on. if they are, move the channel you're > using to minimise interference. Yes, I generally set the channel to a non-default one. My neighbours are using a Netgear, too, so I'm hoping they didn't have the same idea. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
