[geeks] Airport Express

[velociraptor]

On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 08:24:13 -0400, sammy ominsky <s at avoidant.org> wrote:

> For anyone who might have suggestions, I'm using a 
> Linksys WRT54G router/access point with linksys 
> firmware version 2.02.8-security in
> G-only mode on channel 6. I've tried 1 also, but with no
> difference. I  have a neighbor on 11, so I can't go there. 
> It's weird, because everything was fine 'till about a month 
> ago, and it all started going bad. I wonder if another 
> neighbor is using some bizarre spread spectrum phone 
> or something that walks all over the entire 2.4GHz range.

You might want to look at the custom firmware here:
<http://www.sveasoft.com/modules/phpBB2/dlman.php?func=select_folder&folder_id=10>

This Linksys is emminently hackable, being an embedded
Linux device.  There's a whole huge section on it at the 
Seattle Wireless pages.  I just bought the GS ("Speed 
Booster") AP/router a couple of days ago after reading 
about the G and the GS.

I'd also advise trying a few other channels (if possible with
the Airport Card).  My buddy down in NC has a similar
problem--he thinks it is a 2.4GHz phone in one of the 
neighboring apartments.  I wonder if there are any easy
to build spectrum scanners that you could focus on the 
2.4GHz range which you could pipe to something like 
netstumbler?

A higher gain antenna pair would also be a relatively 
cheap thing to try (at least, compared to the Express ;-).

Good luck with it...
=Nadine=