[MLB-WIRELESS] Cloud cover and 802.11 speed?!

[Drew]

More likely it was the orientation of your card. If you've seen plots of 
the stock antenna in pcmcia cards, you'd be amazed how pathetic they 
are. gain goes randomly from 0 to 3 or 4 around the axis in no 
particular pattern.

Adrian Close wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Does cloud cover make a difference to 802.11 speeds at all?  I doubt it,
> myself, but I have to ask...
> 
> Yesterday, sitting where I am now in my living room, about 10 metres from
> the other D-Link DWL-650 which is my wired network connection, I was only
> getting 1Mbps.  It was overcast and generally not a nice day.
> 
> Today, blue skies and 11Mbps.
> 
> I'm puzzled - any ideas?
> 



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