advice with home wireless please

I have a laptop I use at work and at home.

At work I use it on a wireless connection (should look at make of
access point - sorry) and connection is rock solid.

At home I use hardwired connection to home router but want to use
wireless. I have a Belkin (model F5D7330 "2.4Ghz 802.11g") but when I
try to use it I get periodic drops in the connection.

Will getting a better wireless point for home help? What would be a
better one?

thanks

On 27/10/2005 Stephen Cole wrote:

> I have a laptop I use at work and at home.
>
> At work I use it on a wireless connection (should look at make of
> access point - sorry) and connection is rock solid.
>
> At home I use hardwired connection to home router but want to use
> wireless. I have a Belkin (model F5D7330 "2.4Ghz 802.11g") but when
> I try to use it I get periodic drops in the connection.
>
> Will getting a better wireless point for home help? What would be a
> better one?
>
> thanks

Wireless can be a bit temperamental, 2.4GHz is very much 'line of
sight' and it's intolerant of obstacles. 1 wall will severely reduce a
signal, 2 can kill it and 3 certainly will.

Is the layout at home such that your laptop can 'see' the WAP? Can you
do anything to reduce the walls and obstructions between them?

I ended up running my WAP in the loft (this is a bungalow) and that
gives me pretty good cover everywhere as it's only 1 layer of (non foil
backed) plaster-board in between the WAP and this laptop.

--
Jeff Gaines - Damerham Hampshire UK
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Jeff Gaines wrote:
> On 27/10/2005 Stephen Cole wrote:
>
>
>>I have a laptop I use at work and at home.
>>
>>At work I use it on a wireless connection (should look at make of
>>access point - sorry) and connection is rock solid.
>>
>>At home I use hardwired connection to home router but want to use
>>wireless. I have a Belkin (model F5D7330 "2.4Ghz 802.11g") but when
>>I try to use it I get periodic drops in the connection.
>>
>>Will getting a better wireless point for home help? What would be a
>>better one?
>>
>>thanks
>
>
> Wireless can be a bit temperamental, 2.4GHz is very much 'line of
> sight' and it's intolerant of obstacles. 1 wall will severely reduce a
> signal, 2 can kill it and 3 certainly will.
>
>
When I was testing it tonight it was six inches away from the laptop and
still getting connection drops!

Thanks for your comments - I wonder if wireless is worth it - must look
at the WAP at work and see what it is

Stephen Cole <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> Jeff Gaines wrote:
>> On 27/10/2005 Stephen Cole wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I have a laptop I use at work and at home.
>>>
>>>At work I use it on a wireless connection (should look at make
>>>of access point - sorry) and connection is rock solid.
>>>
>>>At home I use hardwired connection to home router but want to
>>>use wireless. I have a Belkin (model F5D7330 "2.4Ghz
>>>802.11g") but when I try to use it I get periodic drops in the
>>>connection.
>>>
>>>Will getting a better wireless point for home help? What would
>>>be a better one?
>>>
>>>thanks
>>
>>
>> Wireless can be a bit temperamental, 2.4GHz is very much 'line
>> of sight' and it's intolerant of obstacles. 1 wall will
>> severely reduce a signal, 2 can kill it and 3 certainly will.
>>
>>
> When I was testing it tonight it was six inches away from the
> laptop and still getting connection drops!
>
> Thanks for your comments - I wonder if wireless is worth it -
> must look at the WAP at work and see what it is
>
Suggest you might try changing the channel setting of the router.