WiFi: why not a diagram showing access points?

[fred smith]

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 09:12:56AM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> On 02/15/2011 05:04 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> > I'm having terrible problems with my modem/router at the moment.
> > The WiFi connection on my Thinkpad laptop drops every 10 minutes or so.
> > I have to restart the network service to get the connection back.
> >
Given all the other comments that have been made regarding channel
selection, etc., etc., etc., let me throw out another suggestion that
MIGHT allow you to simply bypass all those issues:

you could use a second wireless router: hardwire its input port to 
the (an) output port on the modem/router you've got. configure your
"new" router to use dhcp, so it should "just work" when talking to
the vendor-provided router. configure YOUR "new" router to provide
services you need (firewall, etc.), channel selection, etc. If the
current problem(s) is(are) due to misconfiguration of the wireless
part of the modem/router you've got, this may allow you to simply
ignore the problems and set up wireless that works for you.

kind of a hack, but it may help you.

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