OT: Wireless routers

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Is it just me, or did Bill Akers say:
> 
> I have 2 ea DIR-624's at home and have never seen any latency 
> issues. I used one of them at work when we were conducting training 

My issues persisted with the DIR-615 and were in play the entire time I had
my DI-624 (not DIR-624...I'd have to look up the differences, unless you
typo'd).  I always thought it was just a normal side effect of the EM black
hole we call an apartment.  You have no idea how much sporadic noise I get
on my speakers, or how many times CB radio will come over amps and
speakers.  We're close to I-264, so every jerk that has a major illegal
boost to their CB rig annoys us.

> wireless network, and we had eight to ten wireless notebooks on line 
> using the built in wireless system with the 4 inch antenna, without 

Yeah, you know, I even tried another antenna on the DI-624 years back.  No
joy.  Didn't do a thing to boost the signal, really.  I just thought,
well...that must be how it is.

> Linksys products are a great deal better since CISCO bought them. We 

I was worried they'd be horrid because Cisco's personal routers used to be
pretty bad.  I had worked on a client's site once from remote, and if you
sent SIGKILL via keyboard (^\), it would literally hard-lock the router.
That was a Cisco 600 series...darned if I remember the exact model...600?
640?  It was in that line.

But no, I love the new Linksys I got...it's making me SO happy right now,
you have no idea.  Just typing email without waiting on pauses while
editing...  :)  Nevermind the gaming, that alone is a blessing.

> But we use Cisco as our wireless access points for connecting to 
> computers on the production floor. They cut through all the 
> electro-magnetic garbage in an admirable manner.

Yeah, and I think EM interference is really our problem around here.
Always has been.  I gave up on cordless phones -years- ago when they were
still at 900MHz.  Took an act of Congress to get a channel with decent
reception.  You'd walk across the room and get 2-3 "veins" of static to
varying degrees.

mark->
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