Implementing WiFi in the Real World

Posted by timothy on Monday June 9, 2003 @09:42AM from the linksys-wcf11-1500-feet-my-foot dept.

John Jorsett writes "Seduced by the siren song of wireless access throughout the home, many a user has experienced the discrepancy between the manufacturer's advertised claims (150 feet indoors, 300 outside) and real-world implementation (the living room and upstairs bedroom may as well be on different continents). In steely-eyed determination to exercise his inalienable right to network access anywhere on his property, MSN author Paul Boutin hired a Wi-Fi engineer to help him bathe his property in 802.11 waves, using only mass-market consumer hardware."

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Re:only product? by duplicate-nickname · 2003-06-09 09:54 · Score: 5, Informative

Why? Because they can't act as a bridge AND an access point at the same time.

There are very few products that do this, and Apple's is one of them.

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Re:Implementing WiFi in the real world.... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-06-09 09:59 · Score: 5, Informative

The author thinks the only way to configure the Airport is with a Mac. I have been configuring my Airport from Linux with the Airport Configurator (http://edge.mcs.drexel.edu/GICL/people/sevy/airpo rt).