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| 1116612 | 2010-07-06 16:05:00 | My friend is connecting to a router via wireless in his home, but the signal goes through a door and wall so his connection is very unstable and slow. Any ideas on how to improve it? Will getting a repeater help? |
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| 1116613 | 2010-07-06 20:37:00 | Door and a wall shouldn't matter. | pctek (84) | ||
| 1116614 | 2010-07-06 20:42:00 | Unless the signal strength is low a repeater won't help much. There may be other things interfering with the signal or bad settings on the router. if signal is a problem and your router is supported by dd-wrt and you are willing to flash it then using dd could fix your problem by boosting the output power of the antennae. you could also make a set of parabolic reflectors to direct the signal towards you mates laptop. www.dd-wrt.com is very useful. check with your mate if his router is supported. I can't remember where the article regarding parabolic reflectors was but it was published in the magazine a few years ago. i'm sure someone ill know |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1116615 | 2010-07-06 22:09:00 | I'm with The Error Guy, use non-standard firmware and increase the signal output, as well as a larger antenna. Check out gowifi.co.nz |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1116616 | 2010-07-06 22:58:00 | Okay first of all we are not in new zealand. Secondly any ideas on how to find out what brand the router is? What happened was that he signed up with a ISP and was given a ISP branded router. It doesnt actually say linksys, d-link or any of the usual names, just the ISP's name which probably means a re-branded router. Is there any way short of checking with the ISP which will take some time? According to him the wireless strength signal is 2-3 bars. Is that considered low? |
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| 1116617 | 2010-07-07 10:24:00 | Is it possible to simply relocate the router, is that a big deal? Even if you had to extend the phone wiring surely it would be cheaper and more effective, all assuming the router is behaving normally in the first place | Ofthesea (14129) | ||
| 1116618 | 2010-07-07 11:05:00 | Have look here www.freeantennas.com easy to build Cheers Wayne |
WayneMiddy (14028) | ||
| 1116619 | 2010-07-08 04:03:00 | Here's another good site ... wokfi rules! (http://www.usbwifi.orconhosting.net.nz/) ;) |
Rod J (451) | ||
| 1116620 | 2010-07-08 08:18:00 | Check with the ISP or google for the ISP's name followed by router model or router make. see if that tells you anything. either that or ask. 2-3 (out of 4 or 5 i assume) isn't that low. may be settings somewhere either on the router or the computer. Is the router secured? if so what is the encryption method? WEP, WPA or WPA2 with TKIP, AES or TKIP+AES. using WPA2 TKIP+AES I had really bad LAN speeds (600kb/s) so if it is on TK+AES i'd concider lowering to just WPA2 with AES only |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1116621 | 2010-07-08 13:46:00 | Found out the router brand...its a rebranded 2wire model. Doesnt seem to have 3rd party firmware on http://www.dd-wrt.com though :(. Its probably encrypted although im not sure with. So you suggest WPA2 with AES? | Question (15792) | ||
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