[Eug-lug] AVG virus protection software

[Brian Gallagher]

Allen

Your point is well made.  Individual results may vary.  To further 
complicate the matter (after talking to my house mate) it could be that 
the wireless router is on the fritz.  I'm will have to work with him, 
before I shell out too much money.

Brian

Allen Brown wrote:
> LinuxRocks! wrote:
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>>     You could also get extension usb cables, and run your usb wifi 
>> adapter outside, or to the garage, or wherever you get signnal. This 
>> is the solution im using for local folks that cant get a decent 
>> signal level inside thier rv. I got some 15' usb extension cables on 
>> ebay, and 15' isnt too far for usb (I havet had to try using 2 
>> extensions yet, but im leary that wont work...)
>
> You will have to test this with the specific hardware and the specific
> cable.  There are wide variations in how well the various USB companies
> have implemented their circuitry.  There is a written spec which gives
> reasonable margin, but that spec is often ignored if the product
> happens to work on a 5 meter cable.
>
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>> Buying high gain antenna will make a big difference, its really 
>> needed for the xmit antenna (many units have 2 antenna one rx the 
>> other tx), its the tx antenna that will benefit the most, and putting 
>> antenna on the access point will be more effective than on the adapter.
>>
>> Jamie
>
> Not sure what you mean by that statement.  In terms of improving
> the connection between two systems improving the receiver is
> equivalent to improving the transmitter.  Same for the antennas.
>
> I can see two places where this would not be true.  If you have
> more receivers than transmitters then upgrading the transmitters
> is more cost effective.  And if you have significant background
> noise then boosting the received signal will also boost the noise.