[dba-Tech] Unstable Wireless Netowrk

Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software bchacc at san.rr.com
Sun Mar 7 10:17:16 CST 2004


Donna:

no I think this one is different.  My leading theories are 1) the router is
going flaky and will fail soon, and 2) another wireless network is
interfering.  The strength on the signal meter at the far end is still
'good' to 'very good'.

Rocky

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <DBCfour at aol.com>
To: <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 7:58 AM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Unstable Wireless Netowrk


>
> Did anybody move it while cleaning or something?  I know you've said in
the
> past a couple of inches one way or the other makes a big difference for
you
> guys...It happened here yesterday.  I moved the router to get to something
in the
> cabinet beneath it...Josh started complaining, so I moved the router over
a
> couple of inches and it went back to normal.
>
> Donna
>
> In a message dated 3/7/2004 10:54:50 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> bchacc at san.rr.com writes:
>
>
> > 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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