--- "James K. Lowden" <jklowden@schemamania.org>
wrote:
> > them seems to be toast as far as the RF part. I
> can
> > still ping the ethernet part, but they won't talk
> > wireless anymore. 
> 
> Andy, 
> 
> I believe the technical term is ... "Ouchiwawa"? 
> Making toast of
> wireless bridges is not my idea of a good end to a
> day.  :(
> 
> I've been following your adventures; thanks for the
> update (such as it
> is).  
> 
> I guess Yagis are a safer answer, if the card has a
> way to plug in an
> external antenna.  My friend's 3Com wireless has an
> integrated
> antenna, and I don't think there's any way to hook
> it up to anything
> external, Pringles can or otherwise.  Also there's
> the question of
> whether his 14 year old daughter would consider a
> homemade yagi
> antenna a positive aesthetic contribution to her
> room....

I'm not sure that a Yagi makes a difference inside? I
thought they had to be line of sight. Don't know for
sure.

Well, I think I may break down and buy one more access
point. I figure there's a good chance one of these
still works, and I'm not done with my experimentation.
It's getting quite expensive though. 

If I had to build a wireless network, and I only
wanted to connect 2 points, I'd absolutely do it with
2 access points. They don't cost a whole lot more than
just a card, and the ability to just connect each one
to your switch or hub and forget about them after they
are configured is really nice. It works just like a
"wireless wire". Nice.

Andy

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