Re: Linksys issues

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From: Tak
Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 01:23

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Well, Steve,

Forget WPC11.  The card is notorious because of the short range.
Get Orinoco Silver (or Gold if you want 128bit WEP) instead.

Tak
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Steven Slabbinck wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> After reading a lot of tests and articles I decided to buy a linksys
> wireless acces point (BEFW11S4) and a wirelsse PCMCIA card (WPC11).
> 
> The installation was done in about 15 minutes, as easy as could be.
> 
> Now I'm ancountering some problems ;
> 
> - The range inside the house isn't wath it should be ; I' only get signal
> till aproximatly 10 metres away from the access point.
> 
> Questions ;
> - Do I need to configure special items in the routers' setup ?
> - Are there tools available to test the signal strength and the data
> troughput ?
> - Do I need to buy external antennas ?
> - HAs anyone experiance with the "Linksys signal booster" ?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any tip that could help me.
> 
> (P.S. sorry fo my englisch ..)
> 
>

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