[geeks] bridging networks with wireless

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Wed, 18 Oct 2006 @ 19:53 +0200, Geoffrey S. Mendelson said:

> On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 01:14:24PM -0400, velociraptor wrote:
> > I have not had this problem with the Hawking using their utility for
> > connection.  My signal strength is reported at around 80%, but it's
> > connected with the antenna down on the floor @ a reported signal
> > strength of 20%.  I will do some searching and see if I can track down
> > info as to it's support in other OSes.
> 
> The biggest problem I know about with PCI WiFi cards is the antenna.
> Since a computer is opaque to WiFi signals, the exact orientation of
> the antenna is very important. If you are not careful, you can end up
> with the computer blocking the signal.
> 
> Note that at those frequencies polarization is important, the angle of
> the antenna should match that of the transmitter (router, AP).

That's interesting, because I get the best signal if I do the exact
opposite.

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