Increasing Wireless Signal Strength: Booster or Antenna?

Aug 10, 2005 0 Replies

Although the WiFi (802.11b/g) hotspot isn't so far away (less than 50 feet), by the time it's reached the machine in question the signal's dropped to anything from 25 to 50 percent... 50% is tolerable; 25% is slooooow! The access point is a Netgear WG602.



What would be the best (i.e. most effective and inexpensive) way of boosting the signal? A high gain omni-directional antenna, or a signal booster/repeater?... Antennae seem reasonably easy to get hold of, but vanilla boosters seem few and far between (I see Netgear make a few, but not for the UK market).



Can anyone shed some light?



Thanks, Christopher Harrison



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