Cooling your Access Point?

Posted by Cliff on Tuesday July 1, 2003 @07:23AM from the WLANs-dislike-heat-ya-know dept.

CmdrChillupa asks: "Summer's here in the US. I don't really mind the heat and I've lived my whole life without AC. Just gotten used to having fresh air instead of pre-processed. There's only one problem with this whole theory. After a long day at work I get home and go to do a little surfing on my PowerBook and my WLAN is down. I have a Siemens Speedstream 2624 Wireless Router that from all appearances dislikes the heat more than I do. I've gotten into a habit of holding it in front of a fan for a few minutes everyday when I get home, I thought the fridge might be a bit too humid for it's electronics. Anybody have any solutions aside from a alum-alloy-peltier-inter-cooled-turbo-charged-9 monstrosity?"

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Yes. I have a solution. by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-01 07:50 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Turn on your air conditioner and set the thermostat at 76 degrees farenheit. You will find that your access point functions quite weel at this ambient temperature. You will also find that you function quite well too.

I'm very happy to report that I personally am at a stage in my life, mentally and financially, that I no longer worry about the electric bill or the "environmental impact" of running such modern conveniences as the air conditioner. In fact, I am approaching that stage in life where I enjoy and revel in excess. I run my A/C or heat year round at greater than barely comfortable temperatures. I drive BIG luxury cars (multiple) and doon't worry about the fuel either.

Ahhhhhhhhhhh. Life IS good, afterall.