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| Thread ID: 102040 | 2009-08-05 07:25:00 | poor wifi signal - laptop | agatornz (9898) | Press F1 |
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| 798334 | 2009-08-05 09:35:00 | ok see your point... so for example i am getting a full green bar or in the icon at bottom right is all bars greenin my on my WLAN card utility its showing a speed of 54. below my wirless gateway signal is a neighbours - also at 54 but the signal is strenght bar is a 1/2 of one 3rd the length and brown - or the first small bar bottom right screen. and intermittent - the speed stays at 54... seems the hard ware is fine.. if i move towards the neighbours those bars increase... this is exactly the problem i am experancing at that site... |
agatornz (9898) | ||
| 798335 | 2009-08-05 09:40:00 | If you are getting less bars .. yeah that can be a reception issue. But in my experience when you have a less than ideal reception the 54 speed usually drops too. But either way, you could get another device with a beefier antenna and try it out I cannot say for sure if that device is able to perform in your environment. Maybe there is too much concrete and steel and that you are too far away regardless of what antenna you have. I would just go out and buy and try out and if fail, return it. You could google for antenna improvements that might help or even home remedies. Ps. My footnote would be that if you are only getting 1/2 strength that should be still pretty good from 54. I mean I am on a 0.25 connection (256k). As an acid test buy the new one, try it out and if no good return it and you will then know for sure. As an example ADSL tend to be a great 4-6Mbps only in the city. Many metro suburbs only get 2Mbps. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 798336 | 2009-08-05 10:49:00 | I'd get a mate with a known good laptop hardware to try it out round your house. save buying something you may not need, I think its more likely to be crap reception. read somewhere that all sorts of things interfere with wifi , whole apartment blocks are disabled by one families baby monitor..from slahdot- "Baby monitors and wireless TV transmitters are responsible for slowing down Wi-Fi connections in built-up areas, according to a report commissioned by British telecoms regulator Ofcom. The research smashes the myth that overlapping Wi-Fi networks in heavily congested towns and cities are to blame for faltering connection speeds. Instead it claims that unlicensed devices operating in the 2.4GHz band are dragging down signals. 'It only requires a single device, such as an analogue video sender, to severely affect Wi-Fi services within a short range, such that a single large building or cluster of houses can experience difficulties with using a single Wi-Fi channel,' the report claims." |
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| 798337 | 2009-08-05 10:57:00 | thats why you go N 5ghz might cost a bit more but it will be worth it | nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 798338 | 2009-08-05 11:12:00 | thats why you go N 5ghz might cost a bit more but it will be worth it That's one option if you wanna improve reception. If you buy from a place like DSE they have a good return policy. To be nice you should return on same day if not work to your satisfaction. |
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