Re: The Latest Wireless

On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 08:22:26PM +0100, TheVeech wrote:
> For indoors, the aerial (at the back of the house) is
pointed in the
> direction of the centre of the house, and it works
pretty well inside.
> It just means I'll have to reposition it for outdoors.
> 

Pointed in the direction of? You mean the end of the aerial
points towards 
where you expect to get best coverage? This may be
sub-optimal.

As I understand it the signal pattern from most domestic
antennas on access 
points is toroidal - a doughnut spanning outwards from the
antenna itself. 
To get the best coverage you should have the antenna either
upright or 
horizontal, depending on the orientation of the antenna at
the other end.

> > Move the access point nearer the middle of the
building?
> 
> For winter, I'll do this but for now I'll point it
outside.  This
> weather's something else!
> 

The other thing to think about is the channel you are
using.

Make sure your neighbours aren't using the same channel or
any channel two 
up or down from the one you're on. if they are, move the
channel you're 
using to minimise interference.

Cheers,
Al.

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On Thu, 2007-04-12 at 23:13 +0100, Alan Pope wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 08:22:26PM +0100, TheVeech
wrote:
> > For indoors, the aerial (at the back of the house)
is pointed in the
> > direction of the centre of the house, and it works
pretty well inside.
> > It just means I'll have to reposition it for
outdoors.
> > 
> 
> Pointed in the direction of? You mean the end of the
aerial points towards 
> where you expect to get best coverage? This may be
sub-optimal.
> 
> As I understand it the signal pattern from most
domestic antennas on access 
> points is toroidal - a doughnut spanning outwards from
the antenna itself. 
> To get the best coverage you should have the antenna
either upright or 
> horizontal, depending on the orientation of the antenna
at the other end.

Bloody Hell.  You've given me a right headache now.  Just
kidding, thanks.  This gives me some options for
experimenting.

> 
> > > Move the access point nearer the middle of
the building?
> > 
> > For winter, I'll do this but for now I'll point it
outside.  This
> > weather's something else!
> > 
> 
> The other thing to think about is the channel you are
using.
> 
> Make sure your neighbours aren't using the same channel
or any channel two 
> up or down from the one you're on. if they are, move
the channel you're 
> using to minimise interference.

Yes, I generally set the channel to a non-default one.  My
neighbours
are using a Netgear, too, so I'm hoping they didn't have the
same idea.


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