My Two Cents

I have a DI 624 and have found it sensitive to a
couple of things.

o I found positioning both antennas vertically helps
greatly.

o The obstructions between the antennas also impacts
signal strength.  Moving my PC 6 inches makes a great
difference (even though there is no "line of sight" in
either location).

The sales rep indicated that USB remotes are not as
good as their PCI brothers when it comes to distance.

P.S. My 2.4 Ghz spectrum phone "destroys" network
communications.


Jim


--- D Duncan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> At 08:16 9/7/2005, David wrote:
> >A router connects one network with another.  It
> shouldn't be doing
> >anything to interfere with traffic *within* one of
> the networks -- you need
> >to get into much bigger and more expensive
> equipment to get that "feature".
>
> A few weeks ago, I wrote about my folks' dsl network
> and how I might
> rig up a connection here in the guest house.  Well,
> I went ahead and
> got my own dsl.  I just had to do some fiddling with
> PPPoE because I
> added my old router to my setup, and SBC does that
> to you.  My former
> ISP didn't, so it was an aspect of the configuration
> process new to
> me...a good thing, learning stuff.
>
> However, my folks' network is driving me loony.
> Perhaps you can help
> me understand where the problem lies so I can help
> reduce the bills
> they keep paying the tech people.
>
> ISP is SBC dsl which requires PPPoE for a router
> config.
> dsl jack-->
> 1.Speedstream modem-->
> D-Link Wireless router (DI 624)
> Linksys WAP#1
> Linksys Signal Booster
> 2. down the hall at the bottom of the stairs is a
> Cisco range expander
> 3. upstairs is Linksys WAP#2
>
> When I connect to the router with an ethernet cable,
> the connection
> is good.  When I connect wirelessly -- while sitting
> in the same
> chair -- the signal and link vary between fair and
> none.  I walked
> down the hall toward the range expander and the
> signal got worse and
> dropped completely.  Upstairs, my Mom's computer --
> cabled to the
> WAP#2 -- drops the signal more often than naught.
>
> My thought is it's more about the house interfering
> with the wireless
> signal than anything else, but I'm not confident in
> my networking
> knowledge, so the more I try to find out what it
> might be, the more
> confused I get.  I also did some research and read
> about WAP
> master/slave setups...is that a possibility here?
> What more can I
> find out to try to get to the real issue?
>
> Thanks tons,
> Diane
>
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