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How powerful is wiFi's connection?

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slackerinabox

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A friend of mine is thinking about sharing her neighbor's wifi connection (splitting the bill, of course) and wondered if it would be possible. I have wiFi at my apartment but it cuts out sometimes but i'm pretty sure it's just a crappy router. would a person be able to share a connection with someone living under them in an apartment if they got a decent enough router and access card? What's a very strong router out there?

thanks 🙂
 
this is what we are doing here, except that are my sisters living downstair. no way that it shouldn't work.
 
You could get an external antenna. It gives you a little more flexibility.
 
Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212
Sorry for posting on the wrong forum - needed a quick reply.
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Searching is even quicker.

Can someone recommend a brand of signal booster/antenna?
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Why bother? I managed to use a wireless network with my HOME MADE (as in less powerful than most) WAP two floors above the client.
 
Originally posted by: KirbsAw
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
reliability can be shoddy.
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I always wonder why people say this or have problems. My wireless neworks have been close to perfect. :elite;
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Sometimes the problem could just be a portable phone causing interference
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Then it's time to upgrade the phone. I had this problem for a while, but it didn't mean my reliability was shoddy.
 
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Originally posted by: KirbsAw
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
reliability can be shoddy.
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I always wonder why people say this or have problems. My wireless neworks have been close to perfect. :elite;
Click to expand...

Sometimes the problem could just be a portable phone causing interference
Click to expand...

Then it's time to upgrade the phone. I had this problem for a while, but it didn't mean my reliability was shoddy.
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Yeah I'm just saying, some people don't put two and two together and realize the reason the connection isn't working is they are using a phone, they just blame reliability.
 
Originally posted by: KirbsAw
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Originally posted by: KirbsAw
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
reliability can be shoddy.
Click to expand...

I always wonder why people say this or have problems. My wireless neworks have been close to perfect. :elite;
Click to expand...

Sometimes the problem could just be a portable phone causing interference
Click to expand...

Then it's time to upgrade the phone. I had this problem for a while, but it didn't mean my reliability was shoddy.
Click to expand...

Yeah I'm just saying, some people don't put two and two together and realize the reason the connection isn't working is they are using a phone, they just blame reliability.
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I guess the whole microwave thing would really freak them out then.
 
its the nature of wifi. if your in an apartment so much the worse. a neighbor just needs to get a spread spectrum 2.4 ghz phone and u are in for trouble. if they hog the channels with a superg wifi router ur in for trouble again. then theres just the problem of wifi sometimes being blocked by metal or whatever. luck of the draw.

I always wonder why people say this or have problems. My wireless neworks have been close to perfect. :elite;
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conditions vary so widely, anecdotal evidence means little.

i use a linksys speedboosted g router, so i'm not a total n00b.
 
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