Hi All, I have more observations about my "problem" connections here at www.OB1Net.net. I have now jimmied my antenna's such that the subscriber has a peaked out NetStumbler signal into the unit.
But, wait there is still a problem... Even though signal strength is maxed, there is no link unless the dongle is carefully positioned. Turn the computer (and power to the dongle off) and you must then find a new sweet spot to get a link. I am measuring link by pinging the gate. While the ping is going, if I move the dongle 18 inches, even though signal strength is still pegged, we loose ping, completely. I am hypothesizing, that there is a mammoth interfering signal in the neighborhood. That is not 802.11b Does this sound reasonable to the group? And if this is a reasonable assumption, how would I go about tracking down the source of this signal, and if I do, do I have a prayer of abating it? What happens if it's the radar on the top of mount Tam? Any feedback is greatly appreciated. I also want to thank everyone who answered my Windows Poison Pill message. I found the only solution was to strip down the OS, delete all the current references to the ATMEL drive in the registry and then do a re-install of the driver. Now it works. Happy New Year, Gerard J. Cerchio kenobe!ob1net.net -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
