[Eug-lug] wireless card recommendations?

[Bob Miller]

Rob Hudson wrote:

> What's that entail?  What's the potential cost?  And what kind of issues 
> have you had to deal with regarding wireless?

Five years ago, a 1000' reel was $75, and wallplate jacks were $5 to
$7 each.  I don't know current prices.

Cat-5E is what you actually want, since GigE supports it.

> I've had my laptop and wireless with no issues for quite awhile.  The 
> only issue I've ever had is Comcast going dead sometimes.  At first I 
> always started troubleshooting the link inside the house and always 
> found the cable modem with a red light, but 5-10 minutes later it was 
> back up and running.  So I've learned to check that first.

My usual symptom is a wife who says, "The network doesn't work."  Anne
has am MSCS, and she spent several years doing backline customer
support for Irix.  You'd think she'd file a better bug report. (-:

The problem usually turns out to be weak signal, and we fix it by
moving to a different room for a few hours.  Sometimes, the access
point has crashed, and power cycling it restores it.

We run an open network, so there are no issues with key management.

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Bob Miller                              K<bob>
                                        kbob at jogger-egg.com