[AccessD] MIMO-G router

My Linksys router also works all over our house. It's in the basement
and my wife's laptop is normally on the first floor and it works fine.
She has also used it in the bedroom on the second floor with no
problem. I have used my laptoip outside on the deck with no trouble
and fast speed and out in the driveway in front of the garage which is
quite a long distance and above the routers location. The room the
computer is in is directly under the kitchen so the refrigerator would
be in between the router and much of the rest of the house. I was not
able to see my router from across the street at my neighbors house
though. I can see 3 or 4 other neighbors routers from my house though
if I go looking for a connection.

GK

On 11/26/07, Mark A Matte <markamatte at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have a small single level house(about 1600sq.ft)...I have a cheap linxus wireless router...and have no issue anywhere in the house.  I also use it outside on the deck(back of house) in the garage(front of house)and I have gone as far as sitting at my neighbors house( a little slower there).  Mostly for internet, but also for file sharing and printing.
>
> I have been to both of your houses...and I believe both are multi level...which makes me wonder how directional wireless routers are?
>
> Mark A. Matte
>
>
> > From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com
> > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> > Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:58:24 -0800
> > Subject: Re: [AccessD] MIMO-G router
> >
> > John:
> >
> > I struggled with the wireless thing for a couple of years. Same problem -
> > weak signal even after I upgraded to the Netgear Rangemax.
> >
> > I solved the problem with the Netgear wall-plugged bridge (XE102). They're
> > rock solid, no installation, no configuration, no wireless security issue,
> > plug and play. It's like a hard wired connection and uses you house wiring.
> >
> >
> > So no more wireless.
> >
> >
> > Rocky
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
> > Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 10:24 AM
> > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'; 'Discussion of
> > Hardware and Software issues'
> > Subject: [AccessD] MIMO-G router
> >
> > Santa dropped off one of those new routers (Netgear WPN824v2) which have a
> > bunch of antennas and dynamically selects the one picking up the strongest
> > signal and uses that for talking to the wireless computers (mostly laptops).
> > I have to say that it kinda sorta works. I bought it specifically because
> > Mary's laptop, down a floor and a couple of rooms over, has poor reception.
> > I use Network Stumbler to test signal strength. After the install, with the
> > old router still out there, her laptop gets roughly the same, or slightly
> > poorer reception via this new router in her office. However if I take her
> > laptop on out to the dining room at the far end of the house, the signal
> > strength is definitely higher, by about 6db on average and sometimes more,
> > than the old router.
> >
> > I am looking to buy my wife a Tivo Series 2 and will need the usb wireless
> > to do the phone home stuff. It will be in the living room at the far end of
> > the house, so it is encouraging that I get that much better reception down
> > there. I already have an old Series 1 Tivo down in the bedroom directly
> > below my office, and am buying a bridge to put on it to get the wireless
> > down to it. Currently I am running a cable down the stairs and manually
> > connecting it to the Series 1 once a week to phone home. Yuk!
> >
> > I am looking to keep the old router in place however and put the new one "in
> > parallel", i.e. I will place a plain old vanilla 10/100 switch immediately
> > behind the cable modem, then plug BOTH wireless routers in to that. Thus I
> > can have a wireless system (the new one) that talks to the internet, but not
> > to my internal (business) LAN. The original router will talk to the
> > internet as well but will have its firewall between the internal LAN and the
> > new router. All of the Tivos and my wife's laptop and my son's laptop will
> > all talk to the internet through the new router and not be behind the
> > business firewall (the old wireless router).
> >
> > The hoops we jump through.
> >
> > John W. Colby
> > Colby Consulting
> > www.ColbyConsulting.com
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