Re: Wireless routers...

[LeeUKHA <mailinglists@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Phil,

Isn't 802.11A not legal in the UK? Doesn't it interfere with something
else?



> My hand may be forced on my router decision anyway - over this bank
holiday
> weekend another three access points have appeared in range of me (I
can
> currently see nine including my own) - channels seem to have been
ramdomly
> chosen and my throughput has *PLUMMETED* ... I can't even stream a
freeview
> recording from my MCE box to my laptop now let alone stream DVDs from
my
> server as I used to!
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> I've now got so annoyed with it all that I have just ordered an Intel
2915
> a/b/g mini PCI WiFi card for my lappy (it currently has an Intel 2200
b/g
> card in it so the 2915 should be a straight swap) and this evening
I've been
> trying to find an 802.11a router that won't break the bank.
>
> I've found this unit...
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> http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/52245
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> ...at ebuyer (yes, I know they're the modern day www.scan.com but
needs must
> and all that).
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> It's a discontinued ProSeries unit and the later reviews of it seem to
rate
> it highly (there are some early reviews that say it had dropout issues
but
> it looks like they were sorted with firmware updates) ... I've gotta
give
> 5GHz a go and see if that's any better. :-(
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> Phil
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