[Gllug] wireless

[Kim Hawtin]

On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 08:39:35PM +0100, Kim Hawtin wrote:
> > > so i should be okay getting
> > > BUFFALO AIRSTATION WIRELESS BRIDGE (10/100 LAN INTERFACE) (128 WEP)
> > > and then an airport.. ?
>  
> > Well, I'd be cautious about the upstairs/downstairs issue here. Most devices 
> > aren't good at broadcasting signals vertically.
> > 
> > I don't have too much experince of this - my flat is all on one level - but 
> > I'd want somebody to tell me it would work before I did this.
> 
> in my experience, if your using the internal antenna you'll be ok
> for about 40 yards horizontally over three floors. thats how its
> setup at work...

that should be *and* over three floors, on above and one below...
(though the concrete weld mess floors suck big time =( but YMMV )

yours,

kim
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