Boosting Signal
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Posted by fredrickmore on December 29, 2007, 12:49 pm
Please log in for more thread options Hey, i need some advice if you dont mind. I think the problem is that the signal strength is just not powerful enough, as i can connect to the network when the computer starts but if it drops out then i cant re-connect unless i restart, also im running at 54 mbps (should have a 108 mbps pci) but this can drop to 1mbps, with a signal strength of 30% to 12% (1 to 2 bars on the microsoft bar thing). Im also recieving more than 3 times what im sending. So i was thinking if i upgraded the antenna on the router to something like this; 'Maplin > Compact High Gain Directional Corner Antenna for Wireless
Networks' (http://tinyurl.com/32dlg6)
and on my computer use the same one or something like; 'Maplin > Wireless Network Omni Antenna 10dBi'
(http://tinyurl.com/2sb7ev)
But would this solve the problem and boost the speed to 108 mbps and boost the signal, as i would like to play on computer games online (counter strike etc.) And i dont want to waste aload of money and then find ill just need to use a wire and wire it into the router (LAN??). Any advice or help would be very appericated. Cheers Phil ------------------------------------------------------------------------ View this thread: http://www.wirelessforums.org/showthread.php?t=35500 http://www.wirelessforums.org | |||||||||||||
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Posted by on December 29, 2007, 1:09 pm
Please log in for more thread options > Hey, i need some advice if you dont mind. I think the problem is that
> the signal strength is just not powerful enough, as i can connect to the > network when the computer starts but if it drops out then i cant If you have some signal, a simple reflector on the router might make things very good. You don't say what kind of computer, or WiFi card/adapter you are using, but you might put a reflector there as well. If you have a PCI card in a desktop, try to have the antenna on the router side of the desktop, even if that means facing the computer in an awkward direction, so the desktop itself isn't blocking signal. http://www.freeantennas.com EZ-12, printed on photo paper for thick stock, with aluminum foil glued to the sail, provides a substantial boost in signal. http://www.rahul.net/dold/clarence/EZ12-windsurfer.jpg http://www.rahul.net/dold/clarence/windsurfer-dining.JPG The netstumbler trace shows solid signal as I walked back to the router, a dropout as I blocked the router, taking off the reflector, and then the lower signal without the reflector, reduced, and fluctuating in level. Make the tabs longer than the template drawing, for easier assembly. -- Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley Lake, CA, USA GPS: 38.8,-122.5 | |||||||||||||
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Posted by DTC on December 29, 2007, 6:09 pm
Please log in for more thread options fredrickmore wrote:
> So i was thinking if i upgraded the antenna on the router to something
> like this; > 'Maplin > Compact High Gain Directional Corner Antenna for Wireless > Networks' (http://tinyurl.com/32dlg6) Says it has an SMA connector. You'll need to get an SMA to Reverse SMA adapter. | |||||||||||||
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