Looks like the school finally got wise and enabled security on their wi-fi; no more free internet for me (although I am "borrowing" someone else's bandwidth right now).
So it looks like I'll have to convince auntie to finally get dsl; verizon has a package that includes a wireless router (dunno how good it is but at least it's free). Question: what kind of range can I expect from it? Ideally it's going to be 3 floors below me for the other computer down there. It won't have to go through ceilings/floors since our staircase is open, i.e., I can see the 2nd floor from the top floor looking stright down the stairs. Do you think I'll get a good enough signal?
So it looks like I'll have to convince auntie to finally get dsl; verizon has a package that includes a wireless router (dunno how good it is but at least it's free). Question: what kind of range can I expect from it? Ideally it's going to be 3 floors below me for the other computer down there. It won't have to go through ceilings/floors since our staircase is open, i.e., I can see the 2nd floor from the top floor looking stright down the stairs. Do you think I'll get a good enough signal?