jambo101
Montreal
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Most places i stay have wireless internet,problem is that in some places my laptop cant pick up the signal unless i go up to the office area,is there something i can do to my laptop to increase its wireless signal acquisition characteristics?
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trop-a-cal
Palm Coast Fl
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It's usualy the poor signal the parks put out. They need a better location of equipment.
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wilpower
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You can add an antenna. Do a search for wi-fi antenna, some good ones have been discussed here.
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jauguston
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I have a handful of USB WIFI adapters I have tried over the years and until recently my Hawking HWU54D was the best I had seen. I saw a post about the Alfa AWUS036H that sounded promising as it had a screw in antenna that could be removed and a remote mounted antenna added. I bought one from data-alliance.com along with a 20' extension cable and their 9" magnet based antenna. With that antenna on a pole about 8' above the roof of my GS I had a good connection to a hotspot over 1/4 mile away recently.
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siggyd777
Northern Illinois
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A good website is: WIFI-LINK.com,
Then click on antennas,then omni antennas.
Also under WLAN accessories find the USB Adaptor!
They work for me,not affiliated.
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HappyKayakers
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The Hawking USB dish has worked well for me when I needed it.
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wa8yxm
Wherever I happen to park
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The problem is that both the router and your client have limited range
There are several things that can improve your client's range
One trick is to take a standard USB Wi-Fi adapter (one of the ones that looks like a thumb drive) and tape it on the center of the plastic "hockey puck" lense of a DirecTV or Dish-300 Satellite dish, I once calculated the gain of such a dish. Should give you some decent range
One of these days (When I get another USB wi-fi adapter) I'm going to try it
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