From: Gerald Scharphorn (email_suppressed_at_lugwash.org)
Date: Tue 10-Jul-2007 10:08:38 PM EDT
Dan Pritts wrote:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/802.11
>
> An potentially easy way, depending on ease of wiring, to get more
>
> "G" will give you more speed, but not more range, and is
> backward-compatible with "B".
>
> "A" will give you more speed, likely be totally free from interference,
> but will give you less range.
>
> "N" is pre-standard and is supposed to be more and better. Make
> sure that whatever you buy in this arena ("pre-N" or "draft N" gear)
> works together (probably best to buy from the same vendor) and don't
> be too surprised if it does not end up working with standard N gear.
>
> the easy way to extend range is to drop another wired access point
> to extend your coverage. make sure you choose a different channel
> than your other AP; for b/g, even though there are 11 channels,
> only 1,5,11 are non-overlapping.
>
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 02:47:45PM -0400, Gerald Scharphorn wrote:
>
>> I currently have two orinoco "B" card but I need more range and speed.
>> I have no experience with any of the modern cards which all claim good,
>> better and best. I'm confused.
>> Thank you for any suggestions that you could give me.
>> Sincerely,
>> Gerald Scharphorn
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> danno
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>
Thank you Dan, your response and link really cleared thing up for me.
My stations
(computers with wifi cards) are 40 feet apart and my wife wants no more
junk in between.
I have decided to try 2 Netgear RangeMax 240 notebook adapters in place
of my orinoco
cards.
Sincerely,
Gerald Scharphorn
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