Rangefire Wireless <rangefire@bcfirst.com> wrote:
> That is the strange part. I first oriented them downward but it had
> little or no effect. I ran back upstairs and oriented them straight
> ... ie... as I sit at my desk i can look straight at them and read
> "Windsurfer" left to right. With this config, the signal downstairs
> increased dramatically.


It might be that you are pointing down a stairwell instead of through a
floor, or something like that. Maybe out a window, although you would
probably have to be bouncing off of a neighboring building for that to work
out well.

I have run Netstumbler or a client signal strength tool on the client PC
and run VNC or Remote Desktop back to a PC near the WAP, and then adjusted
antenna positioning to see best signal.
http://www.rahul.net/dold/clarence/EZ12-windsurfer.jpg

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