callbob - 21/7/04 at 05:57
I'm not sure I can explain this right, I'm not real savy to all the
terminoligy you guys use but, here it goes. We have three different
desktops in the house and two of them are upstairs and of course mine, (
the one with all the problems) is downstairs on the other side of the house
prolly 50 or 60 feet apart. But the router(upstairs) should have a signal
distance of 300 feet. I keep getting a weak signal (1mbps). The other
56mbps card gets around 24mbps(upstairs as well but in a different room)
Are the walls and floor keeping the signal from comming through or do I
need to get a booster of some sort?
Davidj5684 - 20/8/04 at 14:44
callbob,
yes, you appear to be right about the walls/floor interferring with the
signal. I have the same problem at my house trying to access with my
laptop. When i am approx. 100-150 feet from router i get nothing. this
has been a pain because i got the router to be able to do stuff from my
room but i barely get a signal. Anyways... you have a few options... you
could buy a range extender. you could try moving the router to a more
central location in your house if that is possible, or you'll just have to
live with the endless frustration of sometimes having a signal and
sometimes not having one!
robertbullen - 28/9/04 at 15:46
Just a thought. Most AP's radiate their signal perpendicular to the
antenna. The vertical beam will usually be very narrow. If you were on the
same vertical plane as the AP you would see an improved signal regardless
of how many walls. Try angling the antenna slightly downwards so it is a
right angle to an imaginary line between it and your desktop PC.
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