I will check into my ISP because I rent, and the antennas were removable.
Problem was a lightning strike near the house hit the coaxial cable bringing
the signal into the house and fried that portion of the router. They
replaced it with a netgear with one antenna, and that antenna is wired into
the router. What I may do is get a longer section of coaxial cable and a
longer ethernet cable and try to position the router on a bookshelf like
someone suggested, and then use the ethernet cable to connect my wife's
desktop to it.
Who knows.
Thanks
Keith
Don't the router from them. The first model haad 2 antennas
----- Original Message -----
From: "David" <[email protected]>
To: "Butch Bussen" <[email protected]>; "manny" <[email protected]>
Cc: "Keith" <[email protected]>; "gwmicro" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2011 12:50 AM
Subject: Re: wireless adapter needed
Sometimes, when there is bad signaling from the access point, you might
have luck in simply getting a better antenna. That is, the antenna on your
router, ADSL box or whatever kind of access point you have - could be too
weak. A poor antenna, would cause the weakest signal. And, soon as it
meets any obstacles - like metal or appliances of any kind - the signal is
stopped. Check in with your local computer store, and ask if they have an
external antenna for your router. The best would be, if they happen to
have an amplified model. That is, the antenna would have a built-in
booster of its own, that would even strengthen the signal the better. You
might also want to consider an antenna that would be mounted up by the
cealing in your room. That would make the signal go out in the room high
up, and hence provide as little obstacles as possible.
Getting a better receptor on your laptop might of course be one way
around, and there is tons of USB models on the market; that can be had for
only a few dollars. It might help, if it is on the end of the laptop the
problem sits. Likely though, it is due to all kinds of things in your
residence, that the signal doesn't come all the way through. In such a
case, getting a better receptor on the laptop, might prove of little
benefit. Then the antenna boost, would be a better end to start with.
If your access point could be repossitioned slightly, or even if its
existing antenna would have a chance of be put in a slightly different
angle, even that could give you some improved results.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Butch Bussen" <[email protected]>
To: "manny" <[email protected]>
Cc: "Keith" <[email protected]>; "gwmicro" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2011 2:52 AM
Subject: Re: wireless adapter needed
I tried these and didn't work very well at all. Worthless as far as I'm
concerned. Maybe others have had better luck. I'd get a wireless access
point and set up as a repeater such as a wap54g
73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.
On Fri, 30 Sep 2011, manny wrote:
Aloha,
Your solution might be the
NETGEAR Powerline AV 200 Adapter Kit
amazon link:
http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Powerline-200-Adapter-Kit/dp/B0036R9YA6/ref=dp_ob_image_ce
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On 9/30/2011 1:30 AM, Keith wrote:
I use a netbook in a room that has a lot of metal and electrical
devices between it and the wireless router my household uses. On the
best days, I can get a low wireless signal on my netbook, while on bad
days, I cannot get a signal at all. For the most part, I get a very low
signal. I notice if I move the netbook about 30 feet towards the
router, the signal is steady at low. Problem is, at that point in the
room, I am sitting in my bathroom. Does anyone know of a good wireless
adapter (external USB) or, if it exists, a device that would plug into
my LAN port on my netbook that would act like a wireless card/receiver.
Thanks for any help.
Keith
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