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Processor | Ryzen 7 1700X |
Motherboard | MSI X370 Titanium |
Cooling | Tt Water2.0 PRO (They use the same bracket as 3.0) |
Memory | G.Skill TridentZ 2x8GB 3200 15-15-15-35 B-Die (@3333 ATM) |
Video Card(s) | ASUS STRIX R9 390 8GB |
Storage | Too many. Samsung 750GB, 120GB 850 EVO, Seagate 1TB, Toshiba 1TB, OCZ 32GB Cache Drive |
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Case | Home-made tech bench. |
Audio Device(s) | ASUS Xonar Essence STX (I use HDMI though *cry*) |
Power Supply | CWT PUC1000V-S 1000W, Abee Supremer (import) 1200W currently used as primary. |
Mouse | Razer Copperhead (circa 2005) |
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Software | Win 10 Pro x64 |
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Alright, since my other thread didn't pan out I've taken the suggestion to break up the questions. I will try try try not to ramble and make this a long read Seeing as it is turning out to be long (it's either give not enough info and you won't reply due to annoyance, or explain and it ends up too long and you won't read it!)... alternatively if you don't care about the what I have for hardware or why I want to do this, just skip to "My 2 issue are"
But if it is too long (and yea it pretty much is), here are the questions short and sweet:
How can I configure a Windows Ad-Hoc or Soft AP to operate in 802.11a?
How can I set up a SAP with Atheros? Or make it so an Windows will set up and connect to an Ad-Hoc when Windows loads, so it is all ready to go and requires no user interaction?
Acronyms I'll use: Soft/Virtual AP is "SAP", 802.11a and g will be "A" and "G", Ad-Hoc will be "AH", the Laptop Base I mention later will be "Turion"
So here's my situation. I moved to Tennessee a year and 1/2 ago, which my area has no land-based internet (save for dialup) since AT&T is fracking lazy as hell... As a segway an electric company in Chattanooga, which is 45mins from me, now offers the fastest internet available in the US... FiOS @ 1Gbit for $350/mo No I'm not shocked at the price since I think that it is, relatively speaking, very cheap...
Anyways I am left with Verizon Wireless, which is equally a load of bull since any carrier's cell signal is almost nonexistant here. Rather, if we want signal you have to be outside or requires the phone to literally be up against a window Don't mention Hughes Net either, it's just as expensive and only allows 500mb/day!:shadedshu
This is where the Soft/Virtual AP bit comes in... I am short on cash ATM and what I have for hardware is enough to get a computer to function as a Router or Access Point. What I plan to do is take the WWAN USB modem (which is taped to a window up stairs ) and move it into the attic, connected to the SAP and use my parabolic antenna for better signal...
Now we built our house with the upstairs being my aunt's place and the downstairs as ours, with all our own appliances, etc... Basically it's a "town home" if you will... So there are 2 microwaves, 2.4GHz phones, and who knows what else polluting the 2.4GHz spectrum. This is why I am wanting to try 802.11a , but also the setup I have now which has my aunt's laptop functioning as an AH and set up with G that is on the other end of the house (and upstairs), which I only get around 2 bars of WiFi signal From my readings A will likely penetrate a bit better, even though my previous understanding is the higher the frequency the less distance and penetration it gives. Which is why our digital cell phones now which typically operate at 1+Ghz (falling back on 800Mhz) require more cell towers than before.
My 2 issues are/B]:
First I am not able to figure out how to set up my WiFi cards to operate in A, and I know at least my aunt's and my PCI desktop WiFi card can do it. At the moment all the operating WiFi cards are Atheros. The system, which is a Turion X2 laptop base (IE everything minus the screen/lid), I planned on using as an SAP runs a Broadcom 4311 mPCIe card, which I think is actually a better card but that's irrelevant really.
Second is in relation to the SAP. I came across this a few weeks ago, and my understanding is that you can set up (with Windows 7) a SAP with Microsoft's (M$) own included software, but also that multiple systems can communicate with it. Also, again from my understanding, was the ability to not just have multiple connections TO the M$ SAP, but it could also itself connect to a different WiFi that would be where it gets it's internet from. Saldy my attempt at this (with the Broadcom at least) did not work that way, when I connected the SAP to the AH and then had my desktop connect to the SAP, the desktop connecting broke the SAP to AH and thus, no internet lol
After I found out that the Turion (it's an AP) wouldn't accept this Atheros card and only the Broadcom, I started searching for something Atheros might offer. I had seen their own SAP mentioned, but never pointing to a DL link or a specific name I then later came across this which talked about Atheros' own SAP, even better it gave a link! But after installing it, the Atheros Utility Console doesn't work It loads, but doesn't exactly 'link' with the WiFi card. Same thing happens on my desktop... Though I did just think of something. Possibly the drivers I have, which are newer than those included in the package, might not have the .sys file replaced by the SAP installer as it has it's own (significantly older) drivers. So I'll try removing them and report back...
*sigh* I'm sorry for making this so long... I just absolutely hate the situation I'm in, and because of it I am left with trying to cobble together a solution. If I had $100 I would just buy a Craddlepoint MBR1000 (don't know how well the MBR500 or 900 would do in the attic with so much house to penetrate to make it down here) since it has USB WWAN support, but alas I don't and so I just have to make do with what I DO have... Mind you I do have the house wired for LAN, but I have to terminate all the cables still, plus none of them go in the attic since the house was done before we got Wireless Broadband and knew how shitty it'd be
But if it is too long (and yea it pretty much is), here are the questions short and sweet:
How can I configure a Windows Ad-Hoc or Soft AP to operate in 802.11a?
How can I set up a SAP with Atheros? Or make it so an Windows will set up and connect to an Ad-Hoc when Windows loads, so it is all ready to go and requires no user interaction?
Acronyms I'll use: Soft/Virtual AP is "SAP", 802.11a and g will be "A" and "G", Ad-Hoc will be "AH", the Laptop Base I mention later will be "Turion"
So here's my situation. I moved to Tennessee a year and 1/2 ago, which my area has no land-based internet (save for dialup) since AT&T is fracking lazy as hell... As a segway an electric company in Chattanooga, which is 45mins from me, now offers the fastest internet available in the US... FiOS @ 1Gbit for $350/mo No I'm not shocked at the price since I think that it is, relatively speaking, very cheap...
Anyways I am left with Verizon Wireless, which is equally a load of bull since any carrier's cell signal is almost nonexistant here. Rather, if we want signal you have to be outside or requires the phone to literally be up against a window Don't mention Hughes Net either, it's just as expensive and only allows 500mb/day!:shadedshu
This is where the Soft/Virtual AP bit comes in... I am short on cash ATM and what I have for hardware is enough to get a computer to function as a Router or Access Point. What I plan to do is take the WWAN USB modem (which is taped to a window up stairs ) and move it into the attic, connected to the SAP and use my parabolic antenna for better signal...
Now we built our house with the upstairs being my aunt's place and the downstairs as ours, with all our own appliances, etc... Basically it's a "town home" if you will... So there are 2 microwaves, 2.4GHz phones, and who knows what else polluting the 2.4GHz spectrum. This is why I am wanting to try 802.11a , but also the setup I have now which has my aunt's laptop functioning as an AH and set up with G that is on the other end of the house (and upstairs), which I only get around 2 bars of WiFi signal From my readings A will likely penetrate a bit better, even though my previous understanding is the higher the frequency the less distance and penetration it gives. Which is why our digital cell phones now which typically operate at 1+Ghz (falling back on 800Mhz) require more cell towers than before.
My 2 issues are/B]:
First I am not able to figure out how to set up my WiFi cards to operate in A, and I know at least my aunt's and my PCI desktop WiFi card can do it. At the moment all the operating WiFi cards are Atheros. The system, which is a Turion X2 laptop base (IE everything minus the screen/lid), I planned on using as an SAP runs a Broadcom 4311 mPCIe card, which I think is actually a better card but that's irrelevant really.
Second is in relation to the SAP. I came across this a few weeks ago, and my understanding is that you can set up (with Windows 7) a SAP with Microsoft's (M$) own included software, but also that multiple systems can communicate with it. Also, again from my understanding, was the ability to not just have multiple connections TO the M$ SAP, but it could also itself connect to a different WiFi that would be where it gets it's internet from. Saldy my attempt at this (with the Broadcom at least) did not work that way, when I connected the SAP to the AH and then had my desktop connect to the SAP, the desktop connecting broke the SAP to AH and thus, no internet lol
After I found out that the Turion (it's an AP) wouldn't accept this Atheros card and only the Broadcom, I started searching for something Atheros might offer. I had seen their own SAP mentioned, but never pointing to a DL link or a specific name I then later came across this which talked about Atheros' own SAP, even better it gave a link! But after installing it, the Atheros Utility Console doesn't work It loads, but doesn't exactly 'link' with the WiFi card. Same thing happens on my desktop... Though I did just think of something. Possibly the drivers I have, which are newer than those included in the package, might not have the .sys file replaced by the SAP installer as it has it's own (significantly older) drivers. So I'll try removing them and report back...
*sigh* I'm sorry for making this so long... I just absolutely hate the situation I'm in, and because of it I am left with trying to cobble together a solution. If I had $100 I would just buy a Craddlepoint MBR1000 (don't know how well the MBR500 or 900 would do in the attic with so much house to penetrate to make it down here) since it has USB WWAN support, but alas I don't and so I just have to make do with what I DO have... Mind you I do have the house wired for LAN, but I have to terminate all the cables still, plus none of them go in the attic since the house was done before we got Wireless Broadband and knew how shitty it'd be