[Leaplist] Replies to "an ipcop question"

[Ray Brunkow]

William Holmes Ferguson wrote:
> I'm learning--thanks to Ray, Aaron and Bryan.
>
> I didn't know that AP's were literally put "up high" in the physical 
> altitude sense.
> I was thinking of a dedicated list of Routers, Ritters and AP's and 
> conjecturing
> that with increased layer comprehension a given hardware item might be
> referred to as "up higher."
>
> Now you've got me wondering whether sophisticated homebund  Linux users
> mount their AP's on conventional radio towers?
>
> Presumably, a Computer sophisticate whose work was in a tall building
> could use an AP on his desk near a window and get out in a restricted
> area approaching a semicircle on one side of the building.
>
> But now I finally grasp that it is closely analogous to thinking of my
> 30 foot high multiband RF dipole when I wish I could have an
> isotropic at 70 feet!
>
> Thanks, all.
>
> William
>
Yup.  In my house when I was using wifi I just had it mounted about 
waist height.  My house is small enough that that was plenty of coverage 
for me.  If you have a large house, or a house with lots of metal in the 
walls of block walls, then getting it up higher may help.  Just like any 
"radio" transmitter there are a LOT of things that can interfere with 
the signal.  There are some very nice enhanced wifi APs out there that 
"boost" the signal to help with troublesome homes/surroundings.

supper fast google search came up with:

http://wireless.gumph.org/content/2/12/cached_linksys_amp.html

no clue how good that particular model is, but I have used a few of the 
Linksys booted wifi routers combined with boosted PCI cards for desktops 
to combat RF interference in homes and small businesses.



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Raymond L. Brunkow
5th Degree Black Belt
Certified Instructor
Choong Sil Kwan TaekwonDo Federation


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