Comments on: Passym sucks http://inluminent.com/2004/01/19/passym-sucks/ my comments on business, marketing, advertising, email, CAN-SPAM, selling as a profession, photography, computers and other stuff... Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:44:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Greg at Quantum Leap Technologies http://inluminent.com/2004/01/19/passym-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-151607 Greg at Quantum Leap Technologies Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:08:06 +0000 http://inluminent.com/?p=846#comment-151607 Nice troubleshooting tips Charlie! Just out of curiosity, what problems have you seen with the IPv6 protocol? I've seen a few other posts eluding to disabling IPv6, but not with much reason. Regards, Greg Nice troubleshooting tips Charlie!

Just out of curiosity, what problems have you seen with the IPv6 protocol? I’ve seen a few other posts eluding to disabling IPv6, but not with much reason.

Regards,

Greg

]]> By: Charlie http://inluminent.com/2004/01/19/passym-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-151426 Charlie Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:39:12 +0000 http://inluminent.com/?p=846#comment-151426 This is a 4 year old post, but I will answer it anyway. You are usually staying in a corner room, and using a MAC, and a wireless network connection. I am not sure of the version of MAC you are using, but your wireless adapter, I imagine is "Airport". What does Airport indicate that you have for signal strength? The first thing you may want to try is to establish that you are not using your MAC near a mirror, window, etc, because such surfaces tend to repel wireless signal. You may want to try to connect at various areas of your room to see if signal strength improves in a particular direction. The fact that you are in a corner room *CAN* affect the signal strength, and hence, the connectivity. Just for giggles, try walking down the hallway with your laptop to see if there is any improvement. If you are by the thickly structured elevator walls, that can also negatively impact your wireless signal strength, and hence, connectivity. One thing that can also possibly make a difference is disabling your IPv6 protocol in your Airport Utility, at least while you are staying at that hotel. If you have a second laptop, MAC or Windows, you can also replicate the steps you took with the MAC to see if you get the same results or not. I have only very rarely heard of incompatibility issues between certain adapters (MAC or PC) but they are relatively rare. A lot of times, those who designed the networks may not have had ideal places to put the Access Points. Another thing you want to check into with the Technical Support Team, but I am not sure all will have sufficient user rights or expertise to do this, but check your Airport ID, and have them log into the hotel's router remotely, then have them try to find the closest Access Point. They can log into that and check in that AP to see which MAC Addresses/Adapter Addresses are associated with the AP. They can also check on the SNR of your Airport ID to the Access Point. If it is significantly higher noise compared to signal strength, then it may be a compatibility issue with your adapter. If other adapters are having similar issues, then it may be useful if they simply power-cycle the Access Point. This is a 4 year old post, but I will answer it anyway. You are usually staying in a corner room, and using a MAC, and a wireless network connection. I am not sure of the version of MAC you are using, but your wireless adapter, I imagine is “Airport”.

What does Airport indicate that you have for signal strength?

The first thing you may want to try is to establish that you are not using your MAC near a mirror, window, etc, because such surfaces tend to repel wireless signal. You may want to try to connect at various areas of your room to see if signal strength improves in a particular direction.

The fact that you are in a corner room *CAN* affect the signal strength, and hence, the connectivity. Just for giggles, try walking down the hallway with your laptop to see if there is any improvement. If you are by the thickly structured elevator walls, that can also negatively impact your wireless signal strength, and hence, connectivity.

One thing that can also possibly make a difference is disabling your IPv6 protocol in your Airport Utility, at least while you are staying at that hotel. If you have a second laptop, MAC or Windows, you can also replicate the steps you took with the MAC to see if you get the same results or not. I have only very rarely heard of incompatibility issues between certain adapters (MAC or PC) but they are relatively rare. A lot of times, those who designed the networks may not have had ideal places to put the Access Points.

Another thing you want to check into with the Technical Support Team, but I am not sure all will have sufficient user rights or expertise to do this, but check your Airport ID, and have them log into the hotel’s router remotely, then have them try to find the closest Access Point. They can log into that and check in that AP to see which MAC Addresses/Adapter Addresses are associated with the AP. They can also check on the SNR of your Airport ID to the Access Point. If it is significantly higher noise compared to signal strength, then it may be a compatibility issue with your adapter. If other adapters are having similar issues, then it may be useful if they simply power-cycle the Access Point.

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