this wi-fi thing

"robert blake" <4444D.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I'm pretty ignorant to a lot of this new fangled technology that is coming
> out.
>
> But I'm doing a renovation shortly, and was gonna put sockets in all the
> main rooms for broadband access.
>
> Then I got around to thinking of this wi-fi melarky. I have a long drive
> to my house and a double summer seat type with chessboard type thingie in
> middle, half way down the drive.......and a big tree overhead.
>
> Anyway, it would be a perfect place to sit on a nice day/evening, drinking
> my Guinness, listening to David Soul's Greatest Hits, while surfing on a
> laptop (haven't got of those things yet either).
>
> Anyway, someone told me that there wi-fi says it reaches 200 metres, but
> in
> reality it can hardly get outside their house.
>
> What's the score? Would a decent wi-fi system reach down my drive?

In my experience wireless is not too reliable. A signal booster may extend
the distance some but they all drop the connection all the time. I've had
wireless set up with a signal booster (and without) drop the connection as
little as three feet from the router. I think it has more to do with signal
interference than signal strength. The only way to know for sure is to try
it. But your freind is right probably right. I can get about halfway into my
back yard (50 feet) before losing the signal completely and that is with a
Linksys router and Linksys signal booster.
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"Charles Sweeney" <me.DeleteThis@charlessweeney.com> wrote in message
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> Jim wrote
>
>> In my experience wireless is not too reliable
>
> What's the difference between wireless (or wi-fi) and Bluetooth?
>
> Don't they both use radio waves?

Without looking it up, I'd say no difference besides wavelenth. If memory
serves me correctly bluetooth doesn't require as much power to operate. I
have had better wireless reliability by unplugging the cordless phone and
microwave oven, but that just pisses everyone else off in the house.
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"Norman L. DeForest" <af380.DeleteThis@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote in message
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> At a computer club meeting recently, a user was showing what the WiFi
> configuration menus look like and, as a last demo, brought up the menu
> for connecting to a WiFi site. About a dozen WiFi sites showed up, some
> with no encryption. He was able to connect to and browse the Internet
> through a WiFi connection provided by a technical school some blocks
> away

To me, 'technical school' generally means a place like ITT or DeVry that
supposedly teaches about computers and such.

In that light - makes me wonder about the quality of education at that
'technical school'.
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"robert blake" <4444D RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Charles Sweeney <me RemoveThis @charlessweeney.com> wrote in
> news:Xns96FE90CFE78FCmecharlessweeneycom@130.133.1.4:
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>> robert blake wrote
>>
>>> I have a long
>>> drive to my house and a double summer seat type with chessboard type
>>> thingie in middle, half way down the drive.......and a big tree
>>> overhead.
>>
>> Sounds great!
>>
>
> tis a great place to contemplate and reflect of an evening!
>
> subtext - get pissed on booze and talk endless shite.

Isn't that what we do here?
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"robert blake" <4444D.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> ie i hate it when it doesn't do what it says on the box (ie good for up to
> 200 metres); but the upside is that the pesky neighbours won't be able to
> log on to my system.

As far as "what it says on the box" -

Generally, those claims assume ideal conditions. It WILL do 200 meters -
clear line-of-sight on a clear day with NOTHING in between.
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"robert blake" <4444D.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Tina - AxisHOST, Inc." <tpeters.TakeThisOut@axishost.com> wrote in
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>>
>> At my house, we have access to our neighbor's WIFI and they to ours.
>> There are only 2 houses on our block...ours and theirs. We both have
>> pretty big yards, obviously. You should have no trouble.
>>
>
>
> Tina, is there much of an issue with security? With so much wi-fi now,
> there must be a lot of folks who are getting free access to the web, via
> neighbouring houses!

You have to secure your stuff, yeah. Our neighbors haven't, which is why we
sometimes accidentally connect to theirs.

--Tina
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"Charles Sweeney" <me.DeleteThis@charlessweeney.com> wrote in message
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> robert blake wrote
>
>> aye, but if you have a neighbour on the other summer seat, esp playing
>> chess, one has a captive audience.
>
> I play chess sometimes. Used to play quite a bit. One thing I can't do
> is
> play chess and drink at the same time! Or to be more precise, my game
> goes
> to pot if I drink!

Haa - if your losing in chess you could take it up a notch and at least win
the fistfight. Then swear to not drink and play chess ever again the next
morning.
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