Mailing List os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com Archived Message #4399

From:	Lewis G Rosenthal <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>	Full Headers Undecoded message
Sender:	os2-wireless_users-owner <os2-wireless_users-owner@2rosenthals.com>
Subject:	[OS2Wireless] Book recommendation: Jeff Duntemann's Drive-By Wi-Fi Guide
Date:	Mon, 11 Aug 2003 17:49:11 EST5EDT4,M4.1,M10.5
To:	os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com

Randy, you're gonna love this... You (and I) do exactly as he recommends. From Chapter 4, designing your Wi-Fi Network, page 81: Predicition is mostly useless. The only way to be sure is to set up an access point temporarily in a prospective position, then walk around with a laptop running a field strength utility of some kind, drawing on the structure blueprints or sketch the boundaries are between "green" and "yellow." I was expecting him to come out and say, "Spend your money on this XYZ device from ABC. Turn it on, wave it around, and voilà! Instant AP placement." He seems to advocate the fly-by-your-pants approach most of us use. He does mention about using a notebook with a "weak" antenna, to try to get a worst case scenario. Randy Fowler wrote: On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 12:52:18 EST5EDT4,M4.1,M10.5, Lewis G Rosenthal wrote: I'm in the middle of a the above book right now, which so far has been a wealth of information both about the history of the 802.11 standard and a practical guide about setting up small Wi-Fi networks. As a consultant out in the trenches, it's good to get some field reports about how others go about doing site surveys (for what they're worth!), Hi Lewis, I'm interested in more info on conducting site surveys. Does the author cover these well? I will be ordering some testing equipment shortly and the prices I've seen so far are horrible... two to three thousad dollars... OUCH! And that's the low end!! <sheesh> So far, I've been using an old ThinkPad and a LinkSys WIC and WAP11. Since this AP is low power, I figure it it works marginally, then it should work perfectly once I add the LinkSys signal booster. So far, this has been working well for me in 7 locations. However, I have two more that are much bigger and I'm going to need directional antennas, to work within the 3 channel limit of 802.11b. Any suggestions in this are would be most appreciated! Randy =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to steward@2rosenthals.com with the command "unsubscribe os2-wireless_users" in the body (omit the quotes). For help with other commands, send a message to steward@2rosenthals.com with the command "help" in the body (omit the quotes). =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- Lewis --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA Rosenthal & Rosenthal : Accountants / Network Consultants New York / Northern Virginia : www.2rosenthals.com Novell Users International : www.whytheylie.com OS/2's new face is eComStation : www.ecomstation.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- This OS/2 system (Apollo) uptime is 0 days 06:35 hours and 37 seconds =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to steward@2rosenthals.com with the command "unsubscribe os2-wireless_users" in the body (omit the quotes). For help with other commands, send a message to steward@2rosenthals.com with the command "help" in the body (omit the quotes). =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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