Jac, life and all that..

got some time to blog after long time
i completed end sem exam
luckily passed all the courses
and CPI of 7.84/10
not so good in IIT but i m quite happy with it
now in december,
just for our work in timbaktu,
i was measuring signal strength of Access Point and antena attached to it.
it was gr8 learning experience
i was working with real wireless devices first time
and that too, i have to configure/use/debug it.
D-link is famous brand around and we are also using same.

D-link provides web interface for configuring APs
so platform independent
that also means that it is running some web-server kind of utility
nice huh?
it also has its DHCP
and SNMP also
now u got idea ? why APs cost much?

i wud like make to write some important technical aspect of it
APs has some important attributes like:
1. IP
2. MAC
3. datarates(mbps)
4.channel
5.SSID
6.DHCP range
7.connectivity to LAN
8.default gateways and DNS
9.direction of antena
10.range (meter)
11. signal (db)
12.SNR(signal to noise ratio)

i m still finding some difficulty in associating with perticuler SSID and n/w
but its not a problem of AP/D-link
its windows' bug for roaming
but now problem is solved largely as i have centrino based laptop
the previos one was with external WiFi card
and gave lot of trouble to me in my intial work
thats guru mantra of today
its late night now
i must go to canteen for food
otherwise it will be closed also
bye for now