From: Laurent Daudelin (laurent.daudelin_at_verizon.net)
Date: Tue Sep 03 2002 - 21:44:30 PDT
on 04/09/02 00:26, Lallang_at_aol.com at Lallang_at_aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 09/04/2002 00:19:04, laurent.daudelin_at_verizon.net writes:
>
>>> How prevalent is the problem with connections being dropped? Is it always
>>> the case regardless of distance to base station or only when far from
>> the
>>> base station? I'm eyeing a Proxim Orinoco Gold card to use with my Newton
>>> 2100 and an Airport Base Station (gray) instead of Appletalk via my old
>>> Farallon Etherwave connection. Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Well, so far, I only tested from about 10 feet from the base station!
>>
>
> With clear line of sight and nothing that could obstruct the signal in the
> way? If so, that's not good.
It's pretty much clear line of sight. The base station is sitting on the top
of a shelf, but I can see it clearly where I sit. Yep, not very good...
-Laurent.
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