[nabs-l] question about WiFi networks

[Bill K. Dengler]

There's nothing odd about that. IEEE802.11 uses a radio signal. The closer
to the transmitter, the more stable your connection. As you move away from
the transmitter, connection stability starts to drop.
I would suggest you get an 802.11AC compliant access point/router/whatever,
but most blindy devices are still on 802.11G or 802.11B so you wouldn't be
able to take advantage of the new standards.
I would look in your admin UI for a TX power setting, raising that causes
the AP/router/whatever to emit a stronger signal.

Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sami Osborne
via nabs-l
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 5:02 PM
To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Subject: [nabs-l] question about WiFi networks

Hi all,

I am currently on vacation in France for 3 weeks to visit my family.

We are currently staying with my grandmother, and I have noticed something
very strange about her WiFi network.

I was able to enter the network password successfuly on all of my devices
(my BrailleNote, iPad and Victor Reader Stream) however, for some reason,
thenetwork was not letting me connect from within my bedroom.
I know this because I have attempted to connect from my room on all 3 of my
assistive devices, and have noticed that the WiFi was very slow and kept
receiveing an error message saying that the connection was unsuccessful.
My only option so far was to go to my grandmother's living room, where the
connection was stable.

I therefore find it really strange that it would work in one room but not
another.
Do you guys know any possible reasons for this?
Could the slow network issue be it? Would my grandmother maybe want to talk
to the network provider to try to figure this out?

Also can you offer any possible solutions for any of my assistive
technologies I use (again, my BrailleNote, iPad and Victor Reader
Stream.)

Thank you for your replies.

Thanks,

Sami.

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