Ask Slashdot: Updating a Difficult Campground Wi-Fi Design? 237
MahlonS writes "I am a retired network hack wintering in my RV in a campground in southern GA. 3 years ago I reconfigured the Wi-Fi system to a marginal working ability; It's now ready for a serious upgrade, prompted by a new cable net connection replacing a weak DSL. 5 dual-radio HP Curve access points connect to a 6th via single or double radio hops (effectively a Wireless Distribution System) in heavily wooded space. Unidirectional antennas at the APs (the APs are in water resistant enclosures) are placed on poles above the RVs, about 15 feet above ground. Primary hops are about 300 feet to 3 of the APs, secondary hops about the same. Signal measurements indicate that there is adequate RF between the access points. In 2008, average user count averaged about 30 users; newer devices (smart phones, etc) will likely increase that number (winter population total is about 80 RVs). While the old design worked OK when lightly loaded, I suspect that the single DSL line generated so many packet resends that the APs were flooded. This is a quasi-State Park, so money is always an issue, but there is enough squawk from the user community that a modest budget might be approved. The main AP connects to an old Cisco router. Burying wire is frowned upon, due to shallow utilities, and campfire rings that float around the campsites — sometimes melting TV cables. Since I'm not up on current Wi-Fi tech, are there solutions out there that would make this system work much better?"
Re:Too high (Score:4, Funny)
The wi-fis are too damn high! [i.qkme.me]
Typical Slashdot Snobbery (Score:3, Funny)
Ah, getting back to nature and disconnecting.
Ah, posting on Slashdot instead of reading a book.
Re:I got a solution (Score:0, Funny)
What exactly gave you the impression that I'm a woman?
Well you could also be a gay man. You're definitely feminine. You use emotion a LOT more than you ever use logic. You tend to overreact and dramatize. You're quick to contradict yourself without realizing it. Your posts are largely content-free fluff about why you don't like something, just like the way women gather in groups to chatter endlessly about trivial bullshit like other peoples' relationships to boost their serotonin levels and reinforce their group-minded tendencies. Feminine or effeminate, choose the one you like better.