Re: All those walls

On Sun, 03 Dec 2006 20:33:56 -0600, Peabody
<waybackNO784SPAM44@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I'm going to need to communicate over a fairly short distance - a
>mximum of 50 feet as the crow flies, but the signal will have to go
>through a total of seven walls to get to the back porch. The house
>was built in 1972, so I assume it's just standard 2x4 studs and
>wallboard.
>
>I'm looking at a Toshiba E35-S2171 laptop which contains an Atheros
>card, and either the regular or HP Buffalo router. Will either of
>the Buffalo routers work in that situation? If they both are likely
>to work, I'd just as soon get the regular router and save a few
>bucks, if that sounds reasonable.
>

i have a US Robotics MaxG (model 5461) wireless router and i can
access it's signal with my dell laptop's built-in wi-fi card from
anywhere in my split-level (3 levels) home including our back porch
which is the farthest point from the home office. between the home
office and back porch are several walls (less than 7) but one of them
is solid concrete (used to be part of the rear wall of the home...the
porch/florida room was added later).

if i were you i'd try the regular router first. just be sure it can
be returned or exchanged. if it doesn't work to your satisfaction you
can always return/exchange it for something else.

73,
rich, n9dko