microsoft.com— Some interesting tips from microsoft on improving your wireless network, including trying multiple wireless channels to get find the clearest one and picking equipment from a single vendor.
Mar 27, 2007View in Crawl 4
Ive had great luck with dd-wrt. Using the WDS function makes it extremely easy to add expanded range too. Basically, I go into a facility and set my wireless routers up and if I need extra range in another room, I just plug a pre-configured dd-wrt router in the wall in the area. Thats it!The only drawback to using WDS is that the bandwidth is cut in half for clients that connect. So it may or may not be the best solution for your setup. Also with dd-wrt you can jack up the wireless signal strength almost twice to whats legal in the U.S.. The default setting is 28mW and you can go up to 200mW!! but if you go beyond 70mW, you risk burning up the chip. Add fans. Also, a simple fix to expand range is to jsut get a better antenne. I got a 15dbi omni-directional outdoor for about $65 at www.wlanparts.com. It aint the prettiest looking antennae but it does a good job.
my modem has a router built in.... a westel 427W, any tips for that... im not sure if some of the stuff u put up their are specific to modems or routers so i was curious
fuckingusernameMar 28, 2007
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geehossiphatsMar 28, 2007
Ive had great luck with dd-wrt. Using the WDS function makes it extremely easy to add expanded range too. Basically, I go into a facility and set my wireless routers up and if I need extra range in another room, I just plug a pre-configured dd-wrt router in the wall in the area. Thats it!The only drawback to using WDS is that the bandwidth is cut in half for clients that connect. So it may or may not be the best solution for your setup. Also with dd-wrt you can jack up the wireless signal strength almost twice to whats legal in the U.S.. The default setting is 28mW and you can go up to 200mW!! but if you go beyond 70mW, you risk burning up the chip. Add fans. Also, a simple fix to expand range is to jsut get a better antenne. I got a 15dbi omni-directional outdoor for about $65 at www.wlanparts.com. It aint the prettiest looking antennae but it does a good job.
wozleyMar 28, 2007
Either drop the E and add a D on Fine, or put a comma after Good.
kcpwnsgmanMar 28, 2007
You forgot to include the fancy pictures
thelastemperorMar 29, 2007
my modem has a router built in.... a westel 427W, any tips for that... im not sure if some of the stuff u put up their are specific to modems or routers so i was curious
radiofrequencyApr 8, 2007
"picking equipment from a single vendor."I gotta laugh at that one.
demizuMay 21, 2007
Really good. I dont get it.
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