Thanks for posting in reply to my questions. As for the details:
It's a three-story residence, mostly wood / sheetrock. The basestation is situated in a room on the 3rd floor, while her computer is in a room in the 1st floor (ground level). The straight-line distance between BS - Wintel is approx. 35 feet. (as an aside, I get a very strong signal from the 3rd to the 2nd floor where my iMac resides, approx. 20 -25 feet straight thru the floor).
My tenant's computer is a desktop pentium II running Win98. I don't believe it has USB (I'll check) but it does have at least one available PCI slot, perhaps more.
One thing: The room where her computer sits does have metal wall framing, but the signal would have to travel vertically thru the floor/ceiling, which is all wood / sheetrock, so hopefully the metal framing in the room walls won't be too much of a factor.
Thanks again for your help!
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What type of building is it: Are the walls concrete blocks, or wood and plaster/sheetrock. How far away is her computer from the BS (going in a straight line approx.) Does her Sytem have Any avalible USB ports? Does it have any Open PCI slots Or is it a laptop with USB or any avalible PCMCIA slots open? Once you answer these I'll be able to give you a strong recomendation about what she should get. |
It's a three-story residence, mostly wood / sheetrock. The basestation is situated in a room on the 3rd floor, while her computer is in a room in the 1st floor (ground level). The straight-line distance between BS - Wintel is approx. 35 feet. (as an aside, I get a very strong signal from the 3rd to the 2nd floor where my iMac resides, approx. 20 -25 feet straight thru the floor).
My tenant's computer is a desktop pentium II running Win98. I don't believe it has USB (I'll check) but it does have at least one available PCI slot, perhaps more.
One thing: The room where her computer sits does have metal wall framing, but the signal would have to travel vertically thru the floor/ceiling, which is all wood / sheetrock, so hopefully the metal framing in the room walls won't be too much of a factor.
Thanks again for your help!