low signal level?

[Tek Li]

Dear all,

I have two residents who are reporting that their internet gets really
slow sometimes and they occasionally even lose their connections. I'm
suspecting it is because they might be connecting to a WAP that is a
floor above or below them.

How can I check to make sure they are receiving their wireless signal
from the right WAP and if they are indeed connecting to a farther WAP,
how can I change it so that they are connecting to the closer one?

Thank you everyone.

Rinconada RCC
Tek Li

[Tek Li]

So, is there any way to check to see which WAP the computer is
actually connecting to? If it is connecting to a WAP far away, is it
possible to manually change it to the closest WAP? Help would be much
appreciated. Thanks.

Rinconada RCC
Tek Li

On Jan 20, 2010, at 8:42 AM, Tek Li wrote:

Dear all,

I have two residents who are reporting that their internet gets really
slow sometimes and they occasionally even lose their connections. I'm
suspecting it is because they might be connecting to a WAP that is a
floor above or below them.

How can I check to make sure they are receiving their wireless signal
from the right WAP and if they are indeed connecting to a farther WAP,
how can I change it so that they are connecting to the closer one?

Thank you everyone.

Rinconada RCC
Tek Li

[An Nguyen (RCA)]

Thinkpads have the Access Connections software, which allows you to
distinguish the different WAPs using the same SSID. It's possible that other
wireless cards have a similar utility. For those that don't, sometimes
deleting the saved SSID and re-adding it can help. You can also email
***@rescomp with the hardware address to check which WAPs are being
connected to.

An

An M. Nguyen
Stanford University
Mechanical Engineering, Medicine Graduate Student
Grad RCC: Munger Zone S - 1, 3, Cluster
CA: Munger 1

e: ***@stanford.edu
p: [phone]
w: http://www.anmnguyen.com

So, is there any way to check to see which WAP the computer is actually
connecting to? If it is connecting to a WAP far away, is it possible to
manually change it to the closest WAP? Help would be much appreciated.
Thanks.
Rinconada RCC
Tek Li
Dear all,
I have two residents who are reporting that their internet gets really slow
sometimes and they occasionally even lose their connections. I'm suspecting
it is because they might be connecting to a WAP that is a floor above or
below them.
How can I check to make sure they are receiving their wireless signal from
the right WAP and if they are indeed connecting to a farther WAP, how can I
change it so that they are connecting to the closer one?
Thank you everyone.
Rinconada RCC
Tek Li