RE: [OT] Extending Wireless Networks

["Don McAllister" <donmc@xxxxxxx>]

More questions

If I've got the Wireless router at the front of the house, would it
simply be a matter of connecting another WAP to another part of the same
network to extend the network?

Would this mean I'd have two separate Wireless networks (and would this
matter)?

Would devices "switch" from one to another seamlessly?

What would happen in the overlap area?

Sorry for these fairly rudimentary questions :-(

Cheers
Don

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nick Shore [mailto:nick.shore@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 24 June 2003 14:14
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Extending Wireless Networks
>
>
> > Thanks Nick, Good call but the router is also a 4 port 10/100MB
switch
> > and I want to keep the switch in my office. I did experiment when
I
> > first got the router and to be honest I couldn't find an optimal
place
> > to give the range of coverage I would like.
> >
>
> does the linksys have an external antenna socket ?
>
> if so then a better antenna would probably help.
>
> I would locate the linksys as high up as possible, and then buy a
small
> switch for the office - or use multiple
> cat5 links back into the office from the final location.
>
>
> > As an aside, does the "power" of the receiver have
anything to do
with
> > received signal strength? I only have a laptop with built in
Wifi.
If I
> > got say a PDA with a WIfi card might this have better reception?
>
>
> receive sensitivities vary quite a lot, the laptop with built-in wifi
> should
> have a better antenna, as that is normally
> built into the lid/screen.
>
> Nick.
>
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