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Subject: [OS2Wireless] Book recommendation: Jeff Duntemann's Drive-By Wi-Fi Guide
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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

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