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Extending Wifi / Homemade Antenna?

Started by Leon, June 25, 2008, 22:29:21 PM

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Leon

June 25, 2008, 22:29:21 PM
Righty... Last night found out that by hanging out of the girls bedroom window with the laptop I can pickup the open wireless connection from the cafe down the road but its horribly low signal strenght and randomly disconnects. So... i either need a recommendation of a cheap USB / PCMI wifi card with exteranl wireless or some ideas on how to extend signal.
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zpyder

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June 25, 2008, 22:49:24 PM
Cantenna?

Mark

#2
June 28, 2008, 01:33:09 AM
I had good results with the buffalo cards with the external antenna socket and a simple antenna

Poison_UK

#3
June 28, 2008, 20:02:38 PM
Pringles tube hooked outside the window *EARTHED!!!* using a cheap antenna :)

DEViANCE

#4
June 28, 2008, 20:05:22 PM
as above, baked bean tin/pringles tube antennas are supposed to be good.

DEViANCE

#5
July 21, 2008, 20:55:45 PM
did you have any luck with this? Ive been trying to get my wireless to work in my outbuildings, without much luck untill today.

bought one of these:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131877

it helped but it still dropped the connection alot, so I had a brain wave and did this bit of bodging.



LOL

now I get Excellent signal strength and minimum 22Mbps all the time and no drops for over an hour.

DEViANCE

#6
July 21, 2008, 21:50:58 PM
DOH take it back! just lost connection completly.

why would it be perfect for 2hours then drop for no reason? I hate wireless.

neXus

#7
July 22, 2008, 00:01:59 AM
Quote from: DEViANCEDOH take it back! just lost connection completly.

why would it be perfect for 2hours then drop for no reason? I hate wireless.

Cordless phones, tumble dryer on, Freak of a person over electrical standing in front of an antenna for 5 mins.. The amount of things that effect them still is quite long
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