hantsbrush
Newbie  Posts: 3 Registered: 19/1/03 Status: Offline |
 posted on 20/1/03 at 15:06
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Hi there!
One of my cards (3Com PCMCIA) works fine but.. I want to improve signal
strength. Now I can do this by moving the PC around in fact if I move it
through 90degrees I get really good performance. The only problem is that
the PC is then in a really inconvenient spot.
Does anyone know of any techniques or aerial arrangements for a PCMCIA card
to improve signal strength?
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nkendrick
Newbie Posts: 2 Registered: 1/2/03 Status: Offline |
posted on 1/2/03 at 16:02 |
Try relocating your wireless access point and/or its aerials and see
whether this means you don't have to move the PC?
NK |
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wkmn
Newbie Posts: 1 Registered: 29/1/03 Status: Offline |
 posted on 4/2/03 at 08:25 |
| We did a lot of experimenting before we found the optimal location for our
Access Point that gave us the best overall coverage no matter where we went
in the house. Now we can go just about anywhere and put the laptop in any
position and get the same high-speed and quality connection. |
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twpsyn
Newbie Posts: 4 Registered: 9/2/03 Status: Offline |
posted on 9/2/03 at 21:39 |
Make sure your access point is nice and high - the higher the better.
I got a 15% improvement in signal strength by moving my AP from the floor
to high up on my wall __________________________________
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sam_patrick
Junior Member  Posts: 41 Registered: 9/4/04 Status: Offline |
posted on 10/4/04 at 14:34 |
hi
try channel in AP as 11 or 1...
try to change the advanced wireless seetings :
beacon interval to 55
preamble to short
frag. threshold to 1800
rts threshold to 1800
control tx rate to 1-2mbps...
-SAM
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neverenoughwireless
Newbie Posts: 1 Registered: 6/1/06 Status: Offline |
posted on 6/1/06 at 21:34 |
hi there i am new to the wifi board and need to ask a few questions
I am looking into getting a hawking hwu8dd wireless b or g network
via a usb connection. the problem is i live out in the countr a rural
area. i have high speed at work and wireless via my labtop. if i modify
the dish and use a satteleite reciever as my dish will my modded
unit pik up a farther distance hot spot or is it based on the units
8 decibal strength .
my other option and cheapper is an outdoor attenna by pacific
wireless or some model gd58-xx 55 dollars by them . whats with all the
different frequency ranges on them some ar 2,4 5.8 does it matter
the attenna i buy from them . does my service in canada toronto a
difeerent frequency. or will a 5,8 just reach farther than the 2.4
. will these attenna boost a 5 mile radius for my tungsten to work
. thanks and sorry for all the questions. mike |
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