Where to place a WLAN access point?

Hi

Where can I find more info on the best places to place my WLAN
accesspoint or hub? I have trouble in my home to find a good place for
it. Connections keep dropping.

Gabrie

On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 21:05:24 GMT, Gabrie van Zanten
<gabrie-geen-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hi
>
>Where can I find more info on the best places to place my WLAN
>accesspoint or hub? I have trouble in my home to find a good place for
>it. Connections keep dropping.

It's unlikely you're going to find anything more than generic, common-sense
advice. After all, your home isn't exactly like anyone elses, by layout,
construction materials used, and furnishings.

Just keep in mind that pretty much anything solid will negatively affect
gigahertz radio waves, and try to locate the WAP so said waves pass through as
little as possible before reaching the wireless client(s).

Therefore, height is *usually* A Good Thing, as it helps avoid big chunks like
appliances and furniture.

/daytripper

On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 22:11:11 GMT, daytripper <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Therefore, height is *usually* A Good Thing, as it helps avoid big chunks like
>appliances and furniture.

It also helps the kid in the clapped-out Toyota cruising through your
neighborhood to tap his laptop into your network (behind your fireall
no less) in order to go fishing through your personal data or launch
a "cyber" assault on a third party using your IP address.

--
Roger Blake
(Subtract 10 for email.)

On Sun, 07 Dec 2003 23:32:33 GMT, (E-Mail Removed) (Roger Blake) wrote:

>On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 22:11:11 GMT, daytripper <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>Therefore, height is *usually* A Good Thing, as it helps avoid big chunks like
>>appliances and furniture.
>
>It also helps the kid in the clapped-out Toyota cruising through your
>neighborhood to tap his laptop into your network (behind your fireall
>no less) in order to go fishing through your personal data or launch
>a "cyber" assault on a third party using your IP address.

are there any black helicopters circling your single-wide right now?
go check. we'll wait...


using mac address filtering on the router and a 156bit wep key on the wap will
slow down your friend in his toyota and keep him from gaining a gateway to the
rest of the world.

and properly configured "two-way" firewall software running on all clients
(eg: ISS BlackIce PC Protection, for one) should keep any interloper who does
manage to get through all that from doing harm to any client.

/daytripper (no black helicopters 'round here ;-)