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« on: Jul 29, 2006, 03:55:47 PM »

Hello,

If I'm working in the front yard of my house my wifi connection is often broken.

I have a 11Mbit linsys access point and some mini lan card in my note book (54Mbit).

what is the best way to get a better signal strength:
replace the network adapter or the access point? (what make sense?)



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« Reply #1 on: Jul 29, 2006, 03:59:33 PM »

I don't know much from wifi, but I think the correct answer is the access point.

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« Reply #2 on: Jul 29, 2006, 04:41:33 PM »

I don't know much from wifi, but I think the correct answer is the access point.
I think the same but maybe there are memebers with other idea's?


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« Reply #3 on: Jul 29, 2006, 04:48:30 PM »

Let's wait, and find out Wink

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« Reply #4 on: Jul 29, 2006, 05:35:24 PM »

Replacing the accesspoint is probably not needed. A better thing to do is replacing the antenna of your accesspoint. Special longrange antennas are available. Some pretty impressive signal strenght can be achived with a homebrew antenna made out of a tin can: http://www.turnpoint.net/wireless/has.html Visit through proxy (if you like ghetto hardware that is...) If you want a ready to use commercial replacement have a look at http://www.cantenna.com/ Visit through proxy (which is basicly the same)

Another option is to mount one of these to your laptop and point in the direction of your accesspoint Grin http://www.wwc.edu/~frohro/Airport/Primestar/Primestar.html Visit through proxy
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« Reply #5 on: Jul 29, 2006, 09:00:20 PM »

Mind_nl thanks for the advice but this looks more a solution Visit through proxyfor me:

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