[dba-Tech] routers

As the old saying goes. Your results may vary.

I have had good connections using my neighbors router sometimes just
to see if I could. Haven't tried recently so perhaps they have secured
it by now. I know that I have seen 4 or more wireless routers
sometimes when I go looking. Just seems odd that you couldn't connect
in the same house. Did you ever try it with a different laptop in her
office?  Perhaps you were switching the wrong part of the puzzle?

GK.

On 9/26/07, Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software
<rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote:
> Yeah, I could just never get a reliable connection in her office - just a
> tad too far away with a kitchen in between with refrigerator, microwave,
> etc.
>
> I tried the repeater - no joy.
>
> And she was getting....testy.
>
> So this solution was not only effective but waaaayyyy cheap.
>
>        Rocky
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos
> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 1:16 PM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] routers
>
> My wife and I love the ability to move around the house and even outside
> with the laptops. Having only a wired connection would severely restrict
> that movement. I have done work out in the garage, out in the driveway, on
> the dining room table, on the kitchen table, upstairs in the bedroom and out
> back on the deck. Depending on how far away we are from the router the
> wireless connection is just as fast as a wired connection for Internet
> browsing. It is as fast as the cable modem connection speed is. For small
> print jobs you really don't notice any speed difference either between wired
> and wireless. If we were doing a lot of file sharing that would be different
> of course. I usually use my laptop in the same office that the router is in
> and could easily plug in a wire but really don't see a need to.
> Occasionally I have to click on a "repair connection" option to get
> connected when I come out of hibernation but that is very infrequently,
> maybe once every 20 times.
>
> You really had bad luck with wireless didn't you Rocky?  ;-)
>
> I think Susan is concerned with having the wired connections to the
> computers with her grandchildren running about and maybe tripping over the
> wires.
>
> GK
>
> On 9/26/07, Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software <rockysmolin at bchacc.com>
> wrote:
> > You need a connection to the router.  Not necessarily wireless.  If
> > you could run cable easily that would be better - faster, more
> > reliable.  The Netgear is a good compromise, IMO.
> >
> > Rocky
> >
>
>
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