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Jens Reinemuth <jens <at> reinemuth.info> writes: |
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> i currently live in an appartment that has a very lousy |
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> wlan-access-point for the people. |
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OK. The most important issue is the power (watts) output |
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of the transmitter (and sensitivity) of the receiver. |
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You can hack together fantastic software, that will not |
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work well. Make sure that the hardware you select |
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works with the softare(gentoo), before making a final |
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purchase of hardware. Personally, I'd find out the maximum |
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power wattage of what is allowed in your country, and |
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go right up to the max allowed. |
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An external antenna and a booster amplifier will really |
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make your AP usable. It's also a magnet for hackers, so |
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you really have to be on top of your (iptables) security |
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game. You have to research these issues and then |
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according to what hardware you find, what you can construct |
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outside of your unit and what the laws/rules are |
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for your (Rf_police) country. Here in the US, it's the |
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(FCC). Each country has their own Rf_police, some |
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do nothing and others are borderline criminal in |
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Rf spectrum enforcement..... |
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Often the ISP's that dominate your local service market, |
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are rather ruthless in not allowing heavy traffic thru |
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your AP; so you have to assess the ferocity of your |
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local ISPs, imho. |
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caveat emptor. |
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hth, |
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James |