[Shop-talk] Wifi to the garage

[Jack Brooks]

Slightly off topic - Hard wired:

There is one other route.  I got tired of wireless issues and hard wired the
five upstairs rooms and two downstairs room in our house with Gigabit speed
connections. I've never been happier with the speed and stability of the
connections in the house.

Jack

-----Original Message-----
From: shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of David Hillman
Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2011 10:45 AM
To: Bob Nogueira
Cc: Shop Talk
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Wifi to the garage

On Fri, 1 Jul 2011, Bob Nogueira wrote:
> Ibve been trying to use my laptop in the garage so I can listen to the
ball
> game while working.  Problem I am having is the garage is right on the
fringe
> of our wifi  network.
> What I have noticed is that the  strength will vary from 1 mbps to 11 mbps
> without moving the computer or anything changing.  When it falls to the
low
> side I loose the broadcast.
> Any simple tricks to increase the signal strength that tiny bit I need to
keep
> it from dropping out  right in the middle of a great play?   Why does the
> signal strength change when noting else has changed?

    That severe a drop suggests interference, to me.  Do you happen to have
a cordless telephone?  If it's a 900 Mhz model, I wouldn't be surprised to
find that your signal drop corresponds to phone usage.  When we used to
have a 900 Mhz phone, it was mutually exclusive with wifi... you could use
either, but not both.

    Depending on your property, it might even be your neighbor's phone.

    If not, I third the recommendation on upgrading to g or n.  I have been
nothing but pleased since I did.

--
  David Hillman

PS Or, buy one of these things called an "AM Radio".  Never seen one in
person, but I'm told they can pick up ball games on 'em ;)
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