MartyConnelly
martyconnelly at shaw.ca
Thu Jan 29 13:31:02 CST 2004
One other thing to do, is improve your wireless aerial or extend it. Maybe get your son to build a couple. There are a lot of methods on the net. Ahh Pringles is manufacturer of potato chips, they come stacked in a aluminized carboard can. "Hacking with a Pringles tube" http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1860241.stm Antenna on the Cheap (er, Chip) . Building Instructions. Component parts are about $10. http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/448 Or look up Bill Wiecking on the net he put in a large school wireless net on hawaii a few years back You would be suprised at the distances you can get line of sight, 30 km over open water however things like wet foliage, snow or fog can limit distance. Shamil Salakhetdinov wrote: >>I see regulary some pc's tryiing to connect to my WiFi... >> >> >These tries can be logged if I activate the log feature of the router? >(I have nobody here I may expect to do that in the near future but >better to be protected/secured in advance ) > >BTW, what about a firewall in the router - I mean mainly the fatures of >opening/closing certain IP ports - I didn't see this feature yet in the >docs of my router - is that usually present these days with >hardware/firmware like that? (all the other security/firewall features >like MAC/IP-addresses filtering etc. - these are present - I still to >read about them and activate if needed...) > >Shamil > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Erwin Craps - IT Helps" <Erwin.Craps at ithelps.be> >To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" ><dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> >Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 6:47 PM >Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] >LinksysWRT54GandD-LinkDWL-520+incompatibilitypuzlle... > > > > >>I live in a crowded student neighbourhood... >>I see regulary some pc's tryiing to connect to my WiFi... >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >>[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda >>Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 4:33 PM >>To: Dba-Tech (E-mail) >>Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Linksys >>WRT54GandD-LinkDWL-520+incompatibilitypuzlle... >> >>I've got a Netgear ME102 Wireless router and Netgear MA112 cards and >>they work fine - 90%+ signal in the room with the two pc's, and the >>laptop works fine with the LinkSys wireless card... I appreciate that >> >> >my > > >>house probably isn't as big as some American ones, but the laptop >> >> >works > > >>fine next door too... But I happen to know that both my neighbours are >>completely computer illterate, so I don't have to worry about that too >>much. >> >> >>Jon >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Shamil Salakhetdinov [mailto:shamil-users at mns.ru] >>Sent: 29 January 2004 15:18 >>To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues >>Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Linksys >>WRT54GandD-LinkDWL-520+incompatibilitypuzlle... >> >> >> >> >>>There is other issue concerning the distance... >>>DECT wireless phones work on the same frequencyrange. They do >>> >>> >>interfere >> >> >>>with Wifi 2.4 GHz. >>> >>> >>I've two several years old but still in use wireless phones: >> >>- Panasonic One Touch KXTC1410 900Mhz (made in Mexico) - works well; >>- Panasonic Super Range KXTC1019-RUB (made in Malaysia) - I don't >> >> >know > > >>what radio waves frequency it uses - it works badly even without >> >> >walls. > > >>Although with elongated aerial it works well. >> >>I think they shouldn't interfere with harware working of 2.4Ghz... >> >> >> >>>You can try to use another channel on your router. I done that >>> >>> >>otherwise >> >> >>>I could not get passed 6 meters... >>> >>> >>Yes, I've seen there are other (10) channels available - I will try >> >> >them > > >>if the connection on the default 6th channel will degrade - it's good >>enough now to stop experimenting and return to my programming work... >> >>Thanks for your help! >> >> >>Shamil >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Erwin Craps - IT Helps" <Erwin.Craps at ithelps.be> >>To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" >><dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> >>Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 5:40 PM >>Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Linksys >>WRT54GandD-LinkDWL-520+incompatibilitypuzlle... >> >> >> >> >>>There is other issue concerning the distance... >>>DECT wireless phones work on the same frequencyrange. They do >>> >>> >>interfere >> >> >>>with Wifi 2.4 GHz. >>>So if you got neighbours or yourself with DECT phones the distance >>> >>> >can > > >>>be limited. >>>You can try to use another channel on your router. I done that >>> >>> >>otherwise >> >> >>>I could not get passed 6 meters... >>> >>>Same thing for Bluetooth, but less because less transmit power.... >>> >>>Erwin >>> >>> >>The information in this e-mail is confidential and may also be legally >>privileged. 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