[dba-Tech] routers

She has a desktop. (well floortop, but I digress...) I could put the access
point on a usb extension and get it up in the air and a few feet closer to
the router.  It helped.  But it was always one sandwich shy of a picnic.

Rocky





 	
	

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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 1:30 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [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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