| Re: [GMCnet] Alfa WiFi device [message #65863] |
Sat, 28 November 2009 15:52  |
rallymaster
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I guess the reason I've never had a problem with windows getting confused
as to which WI-FI to use, is that I'm usually so far from the transmitter
that the laptop's radio doesn't even see it.
Ron
On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:28:14 -0600 Ken Burton <n9cv@comcast.net> writes:
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> rallymaster wrote on Fri, 27 November 2009 11:36
> > The Alfa has a driver disk for Mac & Windows
> > It will work with most anything that has USB 1.1 or 2.0.
> > For USB 1.1, you have to use the included cable that has 2 ends to
> plug
> > into the computer, because of the power limitations of USB 1.1.
> > My thinkpad and Toshiba laptops don't require the internal WI-FI
> to be
> > disabled to use the ALFA. > Ron, Windows does not REQUIRE that you
disable the internal WiFi
> adapter but....
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> If both adapters happen to connect to the same or different access
> points at the same time, windows sometimes get very confused as to
> which one to use because the IP routing table has no provision to
> handle this situation. Other operating systems, including
> Unix/Linux and the Old IBM OS/2 can handle this but Microsoft never
> allowed for multiple concurrent adapters of the same type.
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> For this reason I suggest that you disable your internal WiFi
> adapter when using the Alfa or any other external WiFi adapter.
> --
> Ken Burton - N9KB
> 76 Palm Beach
> Hebron, Indiana
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| Re: [GMCnet] Alfa WiFi device [message #65867 is a reply to message #65863] |
Sat, 28 November 2009 16:22  |
Ken Burton
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| rallymaster wrote on Sat, 28 November 2009 15:52 |
I guess the reason I've never had a problem with windows getting confused
as to which WI-FI to use, is that I'm usually so far from the transmitter
that the laptop's radio doesn't even see it.
Ron
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You are correct. When both are enabled and connected is when you have the problem. The key word here is CONNECTED.
I always shut down (disable) the one I am not using to prevent intermittent problems.
I can not respond to Mac issues. I never use them and I have never had anyone around knowledgeable enough to show me how the IP stack works on a MAC. This is why I almost always refuse to help MAC people at rallies. I just do not know enough to really help them.
I did get a couple of Appletalk MACs talking once on one of my small hospital networks (5 locations). We had 1800 IBM PC's, 1 IBM mainframe, about 20 small servers and 2 MACs. I wonder if that protocol is still around?
"Do you want fries with that?"
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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