[yeti]

Just fitted up a wireless network consisiting of 1 x Linksys WRT54GS wireless router and 2 x Linksys WMP54GS pci cards. On boot up with the router about 10 feet away and in line of sight, both computers reported "low" connectivity. Despite this the laptop picked up the network and worked quite happily in another room entirely and at least 20 feet away.

It is only when I put the router litteraly on top of one machine that it reports "excellent, whilst the other, which is all of two feet further away, reports "good".

I have tried reconfiguring the system, tried different channels and also tried the aerials in different positions other than vertical.

I was led to believe these cards have a "theoretical" range of at least 100 meters, so where am I going wrong? I can't believe BOTH pci cards are faulty, but given that the laptop works fine most anywhere, it would tend to indicate that.




If anyone can help me with this I would be eternally grateful. otherwise I'm gonna pull up a few more stumps and try not to drop anymore tree's on the garage when I chop em down! ooops......