Theres internet here!!

[Matrix3000k]

Originally Posted by Brian(1)

Anyone using any good tool to configure your card for the wireless network?
I'm using the one that came with my card, but I really don't like it.. I'm running Win2k

Is it just mine that drops for about a second every now and then?

your not the only one that is dropping. what is going on is that since there are many people that are tryin to connect to the wireless network in the dome, so to reduece slow downs and stuff like that there is a max number of users that can be loged on for a certian amount of time and that time is for 15 mins. so when there is a line of people tryin to use the net the wireless network is taking the MAC address of all the computers i nthe dome and putting them in que and after 15min or so it looks for the person that has been on line for a while and kicks them out so others can log in. as far as signal strenght, well it depends on where you are in the dome i guess. the futher you are from the access point the weaker the signal gets. im over in the newton divison all the way up on top and i am getting 44mbps speed over here. if i go down to where my team is all the way in the front i go to a connection speed of 18mbps or something like that. so it gets weaker. so i hope that answers your question. and as far as configuring stuff to get online.....you don't need to configure anything its all done automatically by the wireless access point.

Mario
Team 25

[KarnSG]

I seem to get 11Mbps anywhere I go and I don't get dropped once the network is up.

[Brian(1)]

My card has a utility for picking a ssid and stuff like that, I was looking for one that can hopefully remember things like the IP addresses I use.. I use DHCP here and static addresses at my house, and it can be a pain switching between them.
Does one even exist that can modify windows IP address settings?

[Matrix3000k]

Originally Posted by KarnSG

I seem to get 11Mbps anywhere I go and I don't get dropped once the network is up.

where in the dome are you then cause ever since i went up to the top of the stairs in the newton division i haven't lost signal nor dropped either

i find that a little bit strange!!!

Mario
Team 25

[KarnSG]

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pictures from my seat from yesterday

[Mike AA]

Has anyone tried tracing where the wireless hub/switch is? i'm currently sitting mid way down in front of curie getting a "very low" signal strength. atleast i've got power ( 2 battery backs lasting all day ). I didn't have the problem of getting kicked off from being on too long. it was more i wasn't getting a signal? i was linked but either no signal or no received packets.

[KarnSG]

I was thinking of ping sweeping.