Hello!
I live in Central Manchester (UK) and desperately need to get broadband. Unfortunately we are still arguing to get a phone line and in the short term need to start using external wifi networks so we have net access.
Within range of our router and wireless cards there are no networks that are unsecure or we can use. The phone boxes around town are all wifi enabled by the cloud (thecloud.net) who Skype use under their Skypezones. I want to be able to connect to one of these but can't pick up a signal.
I reckon the closest one can't be more than 300 metres away in any direction. We have a large window (second floor) with clear line of site over the city but no line of sight directly to a known wifi point we want to connect to.
Whats the best options for boosting the router to try and pick up these signals? Will this work or is an antenna only good for making your signal go further??
the router is this :
if anyone can advise on products that will work and links if poss.......If we can't connect to a phone box network, we are right in the city centre so I'm sure if we can boost the number of networks we can see we can get an option from one of them.
Thanks.