Hey (this is lengthy)
So for past few months I have been using a Hawking HAWNU2
http://www.hawkingtech.com/support/details.php?CatID=32&FamID=60&ProdID=409#Imagesin conjunction with my Apple Aiprport Extreme :
http://www.apple.com/airportextreme/specs.htmlthe Hawking USB antenna is plugged into my June 2010 21" iMac
I am running in 2.4ghz n network as the hawking only supports 2.4 n and not 5ghz n also as 2.4 g penetrates surfaces better- I thought this was fine.
however I am using this to get signal from my house to my detached garage (man cave) which is about 60- 70' behind our house
I have had a good line of site from the antenna placed in a window - aiming it at the place in the house (right behind the wall- in a closet) where the Airport sits.
I have been able to run bit torrents as well as stream movies on netflix however recently in the past few weeks- I have had multiple repeated dropouts time outs and generally very slow connections
where I need to restart all the devices
including our netgear (charter provided) Cable modem/wireless router (Netgear CG814WG) sometimes even my iMac and force quitting firefox
could this be due to now there are leaves on the trees between the house and garage?
the weird thing is that often when I can not load a new web page in Firefox or run a speed test
Transmission is still connected and running.
I am contemplating - ONCE AGAIN- running Ethernet CAT 6 with surge suppressors out to the garage - buried in a conduit pipe- sort of my last resort but then at least I can eliminate the hawking antenna and run 5ghz
also contemplating getting rid of the old netgear modem/router and getting one of the newer DOCSIS 2.0 or even a DOCSIS 3.0 modem
any ideas or suggestion
My wife and I enjoy streaming netflix out in my media room (the garage)
we have no cable - only internet via charter the crappy old net gear is "rented" at $9.99 month and I figure I can get a new modem and then bump our internet speed package to the next faster level for the same price we pay for both now, which my help.
http://www.charter.com/internet we now have "express" but could move to "plus"
any way
I am frustrated as is my wife when we sit down to watch an episode of That 70's Show - or Weeds or Scrubs- etc... and it will start then stop and need to reload for sometime as many as 10 minutes... grrr
worked just fine a few months ago...
thanx
--Ian