Fabioso

Hiya!

I have a Linksys wireless router and I find it is a very faint signal when I am using my laptop and base PC wirelessly upstairs in the far other corner of the house. I have heard about these external antennas can help but what adapters/access points (is that what they are called ?) can you get that have external aerials sockets and what is the best aerial to go for ?

Would appreciate a good link or two because looking on google it just seems so confusing and Im not sure which online shops are genuine and not rip offs.

Ta

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

Check you have the transmit power turned up, our house is quite big and its ok all over the house even though I have turned it down to 12 % power to stop melting the kids brains.

j4ckos mate

explains the gun post

*Sonic*

see if you can change the country to US, you get an extra 2db gain IIRC

pimmo2000

iTrader: (6)

Did you know that FISH tanks and Wet dogs cause Wireless networks to drop connection

powerman1

i thought fish were supposed to swim in tanks and dogs live in kennels

Albert47

Have you tried just changing the channel on your router in the settings menu.

I had the same problem with mine last year. I had a good signal eveywhere except the corner of the house.

The default the is channel 6 on most routers anyway. The same channel as you and your neighbours wireless phones, video senders, and anything else that sends a wireless signal.

I changed my router to channel 11, now i get excellent signal everywhere. You can choose differnet channels up to 13, i think.

It might be a cheaper soloution for you.

Hope this helps.

mart360

there are other methods too.


a new aerial can help pep up the db gain


Mart

pimmo2000

iTrader: (6)

I've found channel 11 to be default