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3 total messages Started by Steven Slabbinck Sun, 04 May 2003 15:50

#66

Author: Steven Slabbinck
Date: Sun, 04 May 2003 15:50

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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 ..)

Re: Linksys issues

#67

Author: 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 ..)
> 
>

Re: Linksys issues

#68

Author: Francis Malengier
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 20:01

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Hi Steven,

I am facing the same problem. I bought myself a Belkin 54g and a wireless
PCMCIA card so I could work in the garden instead of going to the office.
Problem is I can't reach the garden. Don't get confused, I don't live in an
enormous villa ;-).
If I get outside, about 15 meters from the router, with 3 walls in between,
I loose the connection.

So if you receive a solution, please let me know.

Francis

"Steven Slabbinck" <Steven.Slabbinck@skynet.be> wrote in message
news:3eb53694$0$704$ba620e4c@reader0.news.skynet.be...
> 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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