Re: Modems & Wifi

From	"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	aus.computers
Subject	Re: Modems & Wifi
Date	2016-02-17 06:54 +1100
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"Petzl" <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> On Tue, 16 Feb 2016 16:02:37 +1100, "Rod Speed"
> <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> Read the mannual
>>
>>Yeah, got that just after I got it thanks.
>>
>>> regretibly I've noticed ALDI flogging junk latley also!
>>
>>I did get it refurbished rather than from Aldi itself.
>>Presumably it always had that intermittent fault
>>and it got worse over time. Has a pretty rough
>>life temperature wise under a bucket in the
>>neighbours backyard. It is under the trees so in the
>>shade, but the problem was there in the winter too.
>>
>>> http://www.medion.com/au/service/_lightbox/handbuch_details.php?did=11652

> A lot of people report this?

Not the problem I am seeing.

> Seems it changes the IP address from the WiFi to the
> ALDI amplifier so YOUR computer may not like this?

With the fault I am seeing, the wifi signal level varying wildly.
You can see that using Fritz!WLAN or WifiAnalyser on the tablet.
Cycling the power fixes the problem for a day or so.

> I bought a WD Passport 2 tetrabyte drive and it becomes the
> IP from which all traffic goes through kept giving my computer
> a hernia (security programs) so just use it as a USB device

Never had any problem with the IPs. She uses a
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Lite 7" basically to listen
to 2SM radio all the time and to use facebook etc.

I did initially have the repeater and my router with the same
SSID but it works a lot better to have the each with their own
so that when the transmit level on the repeated drops off, the
tablet doesn't connect to the router which it can see at a power
level that is too low to be useful and then fails to always switch
back to the repeater reliably when the repeater has been power
cycled. Works fine with its own SSID.

> Try the tinfoil approach and bring the amplifier into the cool?

IMO this would be better for that.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/New-High-Gain-2-4GHz-20dBi-RP-SMA-WLAN-WiFi-Booster-Directional-Antenna-/320730647811?hash=item4aad094d03:g:MvUAAOSwv0tVauBW

> The amplifier is what your computer is connected to.

My router has removable antennas so that would
be the best thing to connect the above antenna to.

But it makes more sense to go further and get one of the
ubiquity wifi access points instead. They will certainly handle
the temperature range fine. Much more expensive, but still
nothing to worry about price wise for a permanent fix.

> **************
> http://freeantennas.com/
> Ez-12 Parabolic Reflector Template
> http://freeantennas.com/projects/template2/index.html
> The video on how to (you need cardboard, tinfoil, paper, glue (stick
> type is easiest)
> https://youtu.be/sUTT8wdN_VA

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/New-High-Gain-2-4GHz-20dBi-RP-SMA-WLAN-WiFi-Booster-Directional-Antenna-/320730647811?hash=item4aad094d03:g:MvUAAOSwv0tVauBW

Is a lot less farting around and costs peanuts.

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