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Re: Wireless router

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anyone wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:59:16 -0400, Dan Sutter wrote:
> 
>> On 3/16/2013 11:22 AM, §ñühwö£f wrote:
>>> Dan Sutter wrote:
>>>> On 3/6/2013 3:19 PM, fsviatko@sbcglobal.net wrote:
>>>>> I need some advice on what wireless router to purchase.
>>>>> 
>>>> Well... Maybe it is a good question after all.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> At work, (my job), during the same time period, We have had
>>>> Netgear, Linksys and Cisco/Linksys. Today at work, we are using
>>>> a Cysco/Linksys 3200, for our WI-FI and the customers complain
>>>> almost every day that they cannot connect! So we reboot it.
>>>> 
>>> Somethings fishy. How do they authenticate with your AP?
>>> Whitelist of MAC addys? OR whut?
>>> 
>>>> PS. I don't have any experience with DLINK equipment. Dan
>>> Me neither. But I haint done heard no bad things about em neither
>>> :)
>> §ñühwö£f Thank you §ñühwö£f.
>> 
>> I would like to pursue your "Somethings fishy" comment from above. 
>> Let me tell you the parameters: 1.)	It is in the back kitchen of a
>> restaurant. 2.)	It is on a dedicated circuit breaker. 3.)	It is
>> plugged into an expensive, one socket surge protector. 4.)	It is
>> installed 6 feet from the floor of an 8 foot space, in a corner on
>> top a small wire cornered shelf (for it's breathing space). 5.)	The
>> corner is situated so that is as close as we can get to the center
>> of the building. 6.)	It is an AT&T DSL 6MB connection.
> 
> Observation:
> 
> If 'distance' were a problem, customers who sat nearest the kitchen
> would find fewer problems than those near the most distant wall.
> Does everyone have the same level of difficulty?
> 
Exactly. Connect to the AP with a laptop and walk around while checking 
the signal strength. Steel beams and wiring can interfere with signal.

> You don't mention configuration of the WAP, how does it get its IP
> address?  Is the WAP otherwise configured as pass-through, to some
> controller/switch?
> 
Bridge mode?

>> We have to be PCI compliant, so that means our WI-FI network is
>> isolated from our in house network,
> 
> I don't follow you on that one... What do you believe is the
> implication of PCI compliance and WiFi?
> 
>> yet they share the same internet connection.
> 
> How are those boxes 'sharing' the same connection?  Does the other
> box have Network Address Translation?
> 
Should be sure to be using a different channel as well.

>> What do you think? Can routers be so sensitive to their
>> environment?
> 
> Yes, that is -possible-.  Depends on the kind and density of objects
> between the WAP and client, power level and antenna configuration on
> the client machine, and so on.  '...cannot connect...' suggests a
> setup problem.
>
Or RF from some source. Again, gotta walk around and look for hotspots.
I have two AP's in my house. One has a tiny coverage area and the other 
gets all the way out to the garage. I set the preamble on the 2nd one to 
"long" for better linkup. Gotta dig down into the advanced settings a 
bit & start tweakin em. Try a different channel, try setting the AP to 
"open" then hide the BSSID and only give that to the clients. If that 
dont work try WPA. But I'd bet its RF from a source and signal dropouts 
in certain areas.

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Re: Wireless router Dan Sutter <dsutNOter@tcSPAM3net.com> - 2013-03-20 18:59 -0400
  Re: Wireless router anyone <ieGJnr4aQXRb!uzEL@z³> - 2013-03-21 00:43 +0000
    Re: Wireless router §ñühwö£f <snuhwolf@yahoo.com> - 2013-03-21 09:56 -0600
      Re: Wireless router, continued... Dan Sutter <dsutNOter@tcSPAM3net.com> - 2013-03-22 19:59 -0400
    Re: Wireless router Dan Sutter <dsutNOter@tcSPAM3net.com> - 2013-03-22 19:30 -0400
      Re: Wireless router anyone <ieGJnr4aQXRb!uzEL@z³> - 2013-03-23 21:52 +0000
      Re: Wireless router anyone <ieGJnr4aQXRb!uzEL@z³> - 2013-03-23 22:10 +0000
      Re: Wireless router (a later follow-up) anyone <jaup@h/WSWLG{nR1³qHe> - 2013-03-25 17:53 +0000
        Re: Wireless router (a later follow-up) Dan Sutter <dsutNOter@tcSPAM3net.com> - 2013-03-25 19:12 -0400
          Re: Wireless router (a later follow-up) anyone <ieGJnr4aQXRb!uzEL@z³> - 2013-03-27 23:24 +0000
            Re: Wireless router (a correction) anyone <ieGJnr4aQXRb!uzEL@z³> - 2013-03-28 03:37 +0000
  Re: Wireless router Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2013-03-23 00:40 +0000

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