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Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 23:13:24 EST5EDT4,M4.1,M10.5
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From:  "Randy Fowler" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  "os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
Subject: [OS2Wireless] Book recommendation: Jeff

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 20:05:15, Charles McCallister wrote:

> > add the LinkSys signal booster 
>
>
>In what manner do you add this device and how much of an improvement is it.
> I'm getting varying degrees of signal strength throughout the day (my
>Thinkpad  is only 20 feet from the WAP and is almost direct line of sight)
>but the link  quality remains good. 

AFAIK, it is LinkSys specific and it won't work with other brands.  To add 
it, you just move the antennas from the WAP11 to the signal booster, then 
attach cables from the booster to the antenna connectors on WAP11.  Booster 
looks just like the WAP11 and it stacks on top. It has its own A/C adapter.  
In my non-formal testing, it increases the effective range probably by about 
60-80%. Definitely worth it!  I've read it does two things for the WAP11: 
increases its transmission power *and* increases its reception sensitivity.  

>BTW, even though my WAP "cloaks" the SSID, still my WinXPPro system
>indicates  the signal is there. The 2Wire tech rep said that is because
>WinXPP has  already discovered the signal and went on to say that any other
>laptop machine  that had not already "discovered" the signal would not see
>it as available.  I'm not sure if I believe that just yet but I'm still
>wary of the good it does  to "cloak" the SSID if the signal still registers
>as an available Wi-Fi  network for logging onto. 

It's probably just remembering the SSID, and gives this ID a try.  Good idea!  
Here's how you can test your tech rep's answer: power down your XP machince 
and then change the SSID on the AP.  If XP can't detect it again when it 
boots up, then he's right.

> > 3 channel limit of 802.11b 

Actually, I said "the 3 available non-overlapping 802.11b channels."  The key 
word here is *non-overlapping*.  To my surprise, I discovered that the 
channels overlap such that you can only use channels 1, 6, and 11 if you want 
to prevent interference between APs.

Randy

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