Subject: Best range wi-fi dongle ???? do they work
MarkDuffy
Newbie
Posts: 1 Registered: 3/11/08 Status: Offline
posted on 3/11/08 at 06:24
Hi
Can you please advise me the best Dongle for my laptop if I want to use the
cloud at EG McDonalds. I can use it in the restaurant but not outside.
What is the best Dongle I can get which will give me the best distance.
Ideally I do not want a cumbersome aerial / antenna. manufacturers say 100
and farther. I would like to get some feedback here which I can trust.
I currently use windows XP though my machine had Vista when I bought it
and I may revert to it soon.
Thanks
Mark
Fellsider
Full Member
Posts: 72 Registered: 11/11/04 Status: Offline
posted on 9/11/08 at 06:27
Free WiFi vendors such as McDonalds, configure equipment power levels, in
general to provide a service for client seating areas only.
Manufacturers often quote line-of-sight connection figures which fall off
dramatically when obstructions such as walls, windows ceilings etc are
encountered.
Use the sensitivity and output power figures to find the best dongle for
your budget.
Some dongles come with ReSMA connectors, which enable a wide variety of
Omni and directional aerials of different sizes to be added.
You also might want to consider other USB devices which have directional
panel aerials built in - like the one, which collapse down into something
that quite easily fits into a laptop case? http://www.solwise.co.uk/wireless-wlu-805g.htm
