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    Networks Why 2 Aerials on Access points / routers?

    The two antennae normally provide signal diversity so they can correct for multipath problems and signal distortion etc. having one inside and...
    Post by: jake, 1 May 2007 in forum: Hardware
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    Networks Network Profiles

    can you not just use DHCP ? it was designed for these kind of issues after all. J
    Post by: jake, 23 Apr 2007 in forum: Hardware
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    Networks LOngish range wifi

    Nah I did mean omni, if he intends to connect some of the neighbours to it he'll need point to multipoint rather than point to point which is...
    Post by: jake, 25 Mar 2007 in forum: Hardware
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    Networks LOngish range wifi

    305 feet not meters. 100 metres is the maximum single segment length for ethernet over Cat5. You can, of course, have a much longer run of cat 5...
    Post by: jake, 23 Mar 2007 in forum: Hardware
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    Networks Cisco Info

    All cisco kit of a certain age came with a little bag with a rollover cable and three headshells in it - these days you're lucky to just get the...
    Post by: jake, 28 Feb 2007 in forum: Hardware
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    Networks Mad wireless coverage!

    Well legality would definately be a problems as in the UK the effective radiated power limit is 100mW/20dBi which is always going to limit your...
    Post by: jake, 2 Feb 2007 in forum: Hardware
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    Networks Landlord Imposed Network Issues

    Sounds like all they've done is enable port security which detects the first MAC address seen on a port and then either locks the port to that...
    Post by: jake, 13 Jan 2007 in forum: Hardware
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    Networks network question

    It sounds like you're turning on the router after turning on the PC. environmentally frendly it may not be but routers are generally intended to...
    Post by: jake, 20 Dec 2006 in forum: Hardware
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    Networks Acquiring Network Address?

    Thats usually indicative of two things - either there is a firewall somewhere controlling traffic hence the one way flow. Or there is a duplicate...
    Post by: jake, 18 Dec 2006 in forum: Hardware
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    Networks Acquiring Network Address?

    ummm, that netmask - is it correct or is it a typo as 255.255.255.10 as a mask would cause all sorts of strange things to happen and would...
    Post by: jake, 18 Dec 2006 in forum: Hardware
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    Networks Acquiring Network Address?

    The Idea still stands - it's basic routing principles, card #1 that connects to the internet maintains internet addressing, card#2 connecting to...
    Post by: jake, 18 Dec 2006 in forum: Hardware
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    Networks Wireless

    11g is backwards compatible with 11b so an 11g card will work with an 11b access point and vice versa. 802.11n isn't a formally ratified...
    Post by: jake, 16 Dec 2006 in forum: Hardware
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    Networks Campus-wide WiFi

    you're looking at it the wrong way - one big tower isn't the way to go because of how wireless works. For a start whilst you might be able to...
    Post by: jake, 14 Dec 2006 in forum: Hardware
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    Networks Choosing Managed Gigabit Switches

    "Managed" is a misnomer in this day and age. Theoretically the term simply means it supports some form of active management, usually RMON. Go...
    Post by: jake, 14 Oct 2006 in forum: Hardware
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    Networks Wireless Access point defeated by solid walls... options?

    Bindibagi, Higher frequencies do allow you to support more bandwidth easily and originally the 2.4GHz band only managed 2Mb/s. Clever...
    Post by: jake, 15 Sep 2006 in forum: Hardware