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Re: Wireless router, continued...

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On 3/21/2013 11:56 AM, §ñühwö£f wrote:
> 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.
>

Thanks again §ñühwö£f and anyone,

But you see, once we isolated the WI-FI from the office, the interruptions for our WI-FI clientele continue
even though our service remains intact. (ever since we split access with a third router at the helm.)
I had once proposed to management that we should cut a hole through the wall and put the WI-FI router right in
the dining room where there is a regulated temperature and less cooking vapors.
They said, "let's just see how the new arrangement (1 modem, 1 main router and 2 dependent routers) works.
[not so good]
Again, I ask, Can routers be so sensitive to their environment?

TIA,
Dan Sutter
PS. I do not see my posts in comp.dcom.net-management










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