I need a WIFI signal enhancer to access a hotspot .5 mile away
Dec 21, 2008, 3:26 pm
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My first suggestion would be to reboot, then reinstall drivers, then run netstumbler+ to see more about the AP, then if all else fails, run a 802.11 analyzer program like Ethereal to see the handshake.
Dec 21, 2008, 4:12 pm
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I think you meant to say $1000 isn't for hobbyists. These devices are for professional networks mainly. 4.9Ghz is unlicensed in some countries and in the USA is it licensed for local governments to use as they see fit.
Yes you can build cheap hardware, but if you want advanced firmware and other embedded hardware, the price goes up. That is what is needed for large scale professional networks.
Yes you can build cheap hardware, but if you want advanced firmware and other embedded hardware, the price goes up. That is what is needed for large scale professional networks.
Since we are talking about WiFi, 4.9Ghz is not a WiFi band whether in the U.S. or else where.
Dec 22, 2008, 12:20 am
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Large scale Metro-Fi is not panning out. The only one left in the Bay Area is Mountain View. The AP in my neighborhood had gone out already. Few city governments are still talking about deployments anymore.
Since we are talking about WiFi, 4.9Ghz is not a WiFi band whether in the U.S. or elsewhere.
Since we are talking about WiFi, 4.9Ghz is not a WiFi band whether in the U.S. or elsewhere.
Strix and other brands use the 802.11 protocol on 4.9GHz for public safety applications. It is essentially WiFi on 4.9Ghz and a lot of US communities are using this now. See http://www.strixsystems.com/press/pittsburg.asp and http://www.strixsystems.com/press/br...e-ceremony.asp for two examples.
Dec 22, 2008, 3:36 am
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You may want to look into this again. Yes, there were several high profile US city networks that had horrible WiFi business plans. Those have failed. There are a lot of tier 2 US cities that have WiFi networks now, and a great many around the world. www.strixsystems.com has put in thousands and thousands of mesh AP's in Europe, China, India, Africa, etc., as well as in many smaller cities in the US. Paris has two of these meshes, several airports in Europe have them. India is building several of these networks that stretch hundreds of square km and Africa is building like crazy. The Beijing Olympics used this technology too.
Strix and other brands use the 802.11 protocol on 4.9GHz for public safety applications. It is essentially WiFi on 4.9Ghz and a lot of US communities are using this now. See http://www.strixsystems.com/press/pittsburg.asp and http://www.strixsystems.com/press/br...e-ceremony.asp for two examples.
http://www.wi-fi.org/
Again, this has nothing to do what the OP is asking.
Dec 22, 2008, 11:03 am
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My guess is that your 802.11B card doesn't work on their 802.11G-only network. Set your internal laptop card to 802.11B-only and see if it connects. (This setting is in the card's settings in the Network Connection properties. On my Thinkpad it is called "wireless mode").
If it doesn't connect, assuming this is a public hotspot, show up there and tell them that you can't connect on your 802.11B laptop and ask them to change the AP setting to support both B and G.
Good luck...
If it doesn't connect, assuming this is a public hotspot, show up there and tell them that you can't connect on your 802.11B laptop and ask them to change the AP setting to support both B and G.
Good luck...