RE: Robust Access Point Recomendation?

["Steve Morgan" <smorgo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have a 3Com OfficeConnect 11g access point and it's crap.

It keeps dro

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of rb_ziggy
> Sent: 10 October 2005 09:16
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Robust Access Point Recomendation?
>
> Does anyone have a recommendation for a rock solid AP.
>
> I have a US Robotics 802.11b unit at the moment (v cheap from
> ebuyer). I have a suspicion that it drops out for a second or
> two every minute or so (so Netstumbler seems to indicate).
> This seems to cause my Dell Axim X30's to lock up when
> running XLobby.
>
> (I only use the wireless network for control not streaming so
> it doesnt need to be high performance 'b' is fine!).
>
> So if you can recomment a 'value' AP that doesn't 'drop out'
> (has a nice strong solid green bar in Netstumbler with no
> interruptions) that would be great.
>
> (As an aside, I'm assuming that the current AP appearing to
> drop a pole every minute or two from Netstumbler is
> rare/wrong and that most people don't get this.  Is this true
> or do most AP's seem to do
> this.)
>
> Thanks for this.  This locking is proving to be a real pain.
> Apart from this the setup is really good and if I could get
> the robustness then it would be perfect!