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Article #424Re: limited 802.11b range, SMC WAP/USR client, multiple WAPS, 802.11a as an alternative?
From: John S
Date: Sun, 05 May 2002 02:44
Date: Sun, 05 May 2002 02:44
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In article <UxWA8.10430$JZ6.218356@dfw-read.news.verio.net>, gary@intrepid.com says... > John, maybe we should start an alt.wireless.smc.support-group news list. :) > I agree that these units are so flaky it is difficult to reproduce the > problems sufficiently well to characterize them. Some users have theorized > that the unit has heat problems, and the heat problems are clearly worse > when the unit is sending/receiving. This would explain a lot about the > interactions with wireless, and the other unpredictable behavior. > > In a recent note to this list, "Colgate" noted that the FCC info. on the > better 12VDC unit (model 5432) > likely has a higher power amplifier section as well, which might explain the > fact that people seem satisfied with the 5432's range, but are unhappy with > the 5435's (5VDC) range. I have never heard of the power output differences, but there are a lot of things I have never heard of ;-) In fact, I have read where someone took the unit out of the case and put fans on it for big time cooling and that did not help. We used to gripe and compare woes here until every body finally gave up and quit complaining: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/smc BTW, a guy named dandi49 on that forum has been beta testing the new SMC routers and reports that they are a lot more stable than the older ones. John
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