Need help boosting very faint wireless network signal

[D22]

My friend lives in an apartment complex and with a wireless notebook, was only able to receive low or very low signal strengths on a "linksys" network. Someone at work told me something about going to "192.168.1.1" and changing the settings, which I knew nothing about.

The signal was very sporadic, rarely able to DL large files, but at times it would DL at 40kb/sec. She now has a desktop and I want to get her some sort of wireless device so she can receive a consistant signal. What should I do? Someone also suggested going with an access point and an antenna, and I've read a little about making your own antennas. What do you guys here suggest?

 

[spherrod]

how far away is the PC from the wireless router?

 

[JackMDS]

The content of the following short pages would help the evaluate your specific situation and derive the best solution for your setting.

http://www.ezlan.net/Distance.html

http://www.ezlan.net/bridging.html

http://www.ezlan.net/antennae.html

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[randal]

Originally posted by: JackMDS
The content of the following short pages would help the evaluate your specific situation and derive the best solution for your setting.

http://www.ezlan.net/Distance.html

http://www.ezlan.net/bridging.html

http://www.ezlan.net/antennae.html

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Do you have that on a script or something? You're unbelievable with the linkage :thumbsup:

 

[JackMDS]

Originally posted by: randal
Do you have that on a script or something? You're unbelievable with the linkage :thumbsup:

Since many Posts are repetitive in nature, nice organized text Macros is the "Secret". :thumbsup:

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[cheetoden]

Is it her Linksys network, or one of her neighbor's?

 

[ugh]

Just a topic I'd like to start myself; hope no one minds me threadjacking

Neway, I'm staying in a 2 storey house and my Linksys B router is on the ground floor. I have another PC (fitted with a DLink G wireless PCi card) on the first floor which is rather far away and I'm only getting a "Low" signal strength. Strangely, when I ping the router from the PC, I sometimes get timeouts. Is this normal?

TIA

 

[JackMDS]

Yeah, it is Normal.

Being at the edge of the Wireless distance the signal is probably weak and unstable.

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[Pr0d1gy]

Originally posted by: cheetoden
Is it her Linksys network, or one of her neighbor's?

lol That's what I was wondering too.