[dba-Tech] Unstable Wireless Netowrk

Documentation!?  Aw, geez, that'll ruin the whole day.

I've got the Linksys 802.11b wireless router.  I think you can buy them in
the corner drug store these days.  I'll bet there's half a dozen of them
within a couple of blocks of here.  But I thought the range was really
short.

Anyway, The access point on the target machine, does that have channel
selection, too, or does it pick up all channels and the channel selecting is
done at the router end?

Rocky

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stuart McLachlan" <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues"
<dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 7:28 AM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Unstable Wireless Netowrk


> On 7 Mar 2004 at 7:07, Rocky Smolin - Beach Access S wrote:
>
> > Stuart and William:
> >
> > If it's another wireless network, would using the encryption feature
stop
> > the interference?  Is there a way to change channels?  I think I read
> > somewhere that San Diego county it one of the most highly wired in the
word.
> > Seems to me that if 1/2 the houses on our street had wireless networks,
> > there would be a lot of interference.  Don't these things have different
> > channels like the wireless phones?
> >
>
> Encryption won't reduce interference in fact it will reduce
> performance.
>
> There are eleven possible frequencies in the 2.4Ghz band for wireless
> LANs. You should be able to configure your router to use a different
> frequency.  IRIC, in some areas you are limited to using only 3 of
> these bands. You would have to check your router documentation as to
> how to do it.
>
>
>
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