Boosting incoming signal
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Posted by davper on March 19, 2005, 6:34 am
Please log in for more thread options My company just issued me a laptop with built in wifi. When I took it home and booted up, I received notification of a wireless signal and if I wanted to connect. I did and got a very weak signal, around 6 to 10%. I am assuming this is a public hotspot because the ssid is brodcasted and no encryption is used. The SSID is linksys(common sense says it is a linksys router, right?) and was wondering if I purchased a linksys repeater, would this work in increasing my signal strength? -- davper brought to you by http://www.wifi-forum.com/ | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Rôgêr on March 19, 2005, 1:58 am
Please log in for more thread options davper wrote: Big assumption. I don't know where you live, but I'd be willing to bet it's a neighbor that didn't know how to secure their network, not exactly the same thing. > The SSID is linksys(common sense says it is a linksys router, right?)
> and was wondering if I purchased a linksys repeater, would this work in > increasing my signal strength? Not likely to help enough. A directional antenna would probably help if there's some way of connecting one to your laptop. But with built in wireless, I guess that won't fly. Ed Williams has a product that he sells on eBay that might be of interest to you, I think he calls it the Signal Seeker. It wouldn't hurt to ask whoever owns the router how they feel about you tapping into their network. | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by The Chairman on March 21, 2005, 12:59 pm
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> My company just issued me a laptop with built in wifi. When I took it > home and booted up, I received notification of a wireless signal and > if I wanted to connect. > > I did and got a very weak signal, around 6 to 10%. > > I am assuming this is a public hotspot because the ssid is brodcasted > and no encryption is used. > > The SSID is linksys(common sense says it is a linksys router, right?) > and was wondering if I purchased a linksys repeater, would this work > in increasing my signal strength? > > First off, I wouldn't assume that it is a public hotspot. I would estimate that 75% of the average home wireless network users don't set up any kind of security. Second, assuming that you have no ethical problems with "stealing" his bandwith, or you get permission, I suspect that the signal is too weak for the off-the-shelf Linsys repeater to work. However, if you can return it, which you can at most places, I would get one and try it out. Couldn't hurt! The Chairman | ||||||||||||||||
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> home and booted up, I received notification of a wireless signal and if
> I wanted to connect.
>
> I did and got a very weak signal, around 6 to 10%.
>
> I am assuming this is a public hotspot because the ssid is brodcasted
> and no encryption is used.