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May 4th, 2004 11:00
I need a repeater
I have an Inspiron 8500 with a MPCI 1300 TM card.
As my 1184 TM router is located at the top floor, the signal is very poor in the living room, 2 floors below, and even poorer in the garden. Now I thought I should use a repeater to get additional strength. I have 3 questions:
- Could I buy a TM 2300 Router (working with 54 MBit) and use it as my (main)-router and the 1184 as a repeater? Does the 1184 support the repeater mode? I heard that the use of a repeater cuts the data thruput by 50% anyways
- If the 1184 cannot be used as a repeater, what else could I buy? (As i live in germany, I would appreciate recommendations of brands which are availalable here as well, like Linksys, SMC, Netgear)
- What else should be taken inaccount when choosing and configuring a repeater?
Thanks for any hints
Thomas
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peiklk
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May 4th, 2004 18:00
Let me repeat:
I have an Inspiron 8500 with a MPCI 1300 TM card.
As my 1184 TM router is located at the top floor, the signal is very poor in the living room, 2 floors below, and even poorer in the garden. Now I thought I should use a repeater to get additional strength. I have 3 questions:
Thanks for any hints
Thomas
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ThomasLenne
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May 5th, 2004 12:00
peiklk
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May 5th, 2004 14:00
I've just ordered the D-LINK 108mbps Router, D-LINK 108mbps Access Point/Range Extender, and two PCMCIA 108mbps Cards to hopefully acheive the same result (but faster).
I'll let you know how it works. But it seems that mixing manufacturers with routers/repeaters is not a good idea as they aren't so efficient. I've been on 801.b since my previous laptop and my 8500 came with the G built in. But I've not utilized it but found more need for it on my LAN (vs. Internet) of late. So I'm upgrading the whole shebang.