[Gllug] ADSL modem -- WTF?

Amias Channer mail at amias.org.uk
Tue Aug 3 19:57:09 UTC 2004


On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 20:46:51 +0100
adam at thebowery.co.uk wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 07:55:52PM +0100, Chris Bell wrote:
> 
> >    A wireless point can be greatly affected by its surroundings, such as a
> > steel-framed building, so it could help if the box is moved around. The
> > wavelength is short, so it may only require a small movement, but a loose
> > conducting mesh similar to a chain link fence could cause a large effect.
> 
> Yes, but the problem is nothing to do with wireless reception, it works all the
> way to the summer house in the garden through 3 brick walls. Like I have said
> in the previous mail the problem is that the router firmware is a bit crap and
> crashes the wlan connection, I mean the flashy wireless light on the front of
> the router goes out and the router says that the wireless is down!

the wireless part of mine has not crashed to my knowledge , despite being in
a hot cupboard . maybe you have a faulty unit ?

Toodle-pip
Amias
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