wickhead
Newbie  Posts: 1 Registered: 8/8/09 Status: Offline |
posted on 8/8/09 at 10:32
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so i have my notebook,this HP-Pavilion dv5 1105-el.it has an incorporated
wireless card.at the moment i am getting signal from a nearby hot-spot
wireless,it seems to be a D-link G604T.the problem is i am not getting a
strong signal so yesterday an idea came by to my head.why not get some
product that could pickup the signal,a product that could provide a better
signal.so i got to a pc store and i bought this Belkin N Wireless Router.at
the store they told me that it can act as a range extender.ok so this is
what i want to do more specifically.i want to link this Belkin N Router to
the hot-spot wireless that's nearby my home (i want to mention the fact
that the hot-spot is NOT password protected and i can access the internet
anytime).after i link my router to the hot-spot wifi,i want to link my
laptop to the router via wifi or via ethernet cable.i still dont know if
any of these methods are working but i preffer wifi,ofcourse.so i have
tried to connect it somehow but i am not so experienced when it comes to
networking/wifi.now please,describe step-by-step the procedure to make this
work.thank you.
links:
Belkin N Wireless Router catalog.belkin
/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=459569#
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festprint
SuperAdmin  Posts: 119 Registered: 2/1/03 Status: Online |
posted on 8/8/09 at 13:21 |
quote:
so i have my
notebook,this HP-Pavilion dv5 1105-el.it has an incorporated wireless
card.at the moment i am getting signal from a nearby hot-spot wireless,it
seems to be a D-link G604T.the problem is i am not getting a strong signal
so yesterday an idea came by to my head.why not get some product that could
pickup the signal,a product that could provide a better signal.so i got to
a pc store and i bought this Belkin N Wireless Router.at the store they
told me that it can act as a range extender.ok so this is what i want to do
more specifically.i want to link this Belkin N Router to the hot-spot
wireless that's nearby my home (i want to mention the fact that the
hot-spot is NOT password protected and i can access the internet
anytime).after i link my router to the hot-spot wifi,i want to link my
laptop to the router via wifi or via ethernet cable.i still dont know if
any of these methods are working but i preffer wifi,ofcourse.so i have
tried to connect it somehow but i am not so experienced when it comes to
networking/wifi.now please,describe step-by-step the procedure to make this
work.thank you.
The forum won't let you post links (unless you are a regular with so many
posts to prevent spam), so here is a page on our own store for reference to
similar routers: Belkin N
Wireless Router
If you can access the router and are able to browse the internet and the
only problem is a weak signal, yes there are Wireless Range
Extenders and Wireless
Signal Boosters that can usually do the trick.
If you are using the laptop most times, setup a wi-fi connection in your
laptop so it connects to your router (wirelessly), though it's better if
you plugged the LAN cable and set up a wired connection directly to the
router, you get full 100.00+ Mbps LAN speed (that is if it's directly
plugged to the phone line or cable for the internet), whereas with Wi-Fi it
depends on the wi-fi card and is slower. Read instructions on how to setup
the Belkin N wireless router, because it acts as a range extender, it may
have one or more different configurations.
The D-link DSL-G604T Wireless ADSL Modem
you are picking up signal from and have access to may just be a matter of
time until the owner works out how to secure it, unless is deliberately
open. In the meantime, it's not easy to give an accurate answer here as you
are trying to use your router to connect to another router nearby and have
your laptop connect to your router, I can't see the benefit and signal
strength may just be the same if not worse. However, I am sure there is a
way and there are a couple of discussions here (Connecting two wireless routers) or search for "two
wireless routers". Your setup looks to me like you're trying to hook-up two
routers, one with ADSL access and the other without but with range
extending capabilities and possibly as a repeater.
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