Boost Reception for a Remote Laptop

Any ideas on how to boost a marginal reception for a Laptop with a
wireless lid antenna receiving from a standard D-Link G Router.
It is an internal antenna in the lid of the laptop.
I have suggested to the person that he make some type of a simple
reflective antenna to focus the signal but he seems to be resistant to
this .
Any ideas or recommendations ?

On 30 Apr 2007 20:44:47 -0700, "frankdowling1@yahoo.com"
<frankdowling1@yahoo.com> wrote in
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>Any ideas on how to boost a marginal reception for a Laptop with a
>wireless lid antenna receiving from a standard D-Link G Router.
>It is an internal antenna in the lid of the laptop.
>I have suggested to the person that he make some type of a simple
>reflective antenna to focus the signal but he seems to be resistant to
>this .
>Any ideas or recommendations ?

Improve the antenna on the D-Link wireless router.

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"frankdowling1@yahoo.com" <frankdowling1@yahoo.com> hath wroth:

>Any ideas on how to boost a marginal reception for a Laptop with a
>wireless lid antenna receiving from a standard D-Link G Router.
>It is an internal antenna in the lid of the laptop.
>I have suggested to the person that he make some type of a simple
>reflective antenna to focus the signal but he seems to be resistant to
>this .
>Any ideas or recommendations ?

1. Add external pigtail to MiniPCI card inside laptop. Attach
external antenna.
<http://repair4laptop.org/wireless_lan.html>

2. PCMCIA adapter with an external antenna connector. Attach a
biquad, panel, dish, can, yagi, or whatever, via a pigtail

3. USB wireless adapter with some kind of reflector or attached
antenna.

4. Wireless ethernet bridge or game adapter. Plugs into ethernet
port on laptop. Attach external antenna via pigtail. Requires power
to ethernet bridge so this might be a bit messy.

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frankdowling1@yahoo.com <frankdowling1@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Any ideas on how to boost a marginal reception for a Laptop with a
> wireless lid antenna receiving from a standard D-Link G Router.
> It is an internal antenna in the lid of the laptop.
> I have suggested to the person that he make some type of a simple
> reflective antenna to focus the signal but he seems to be resistant to
> this .

The DLink should have a simple reflector added. You don't mention where
the reluctance lies, but I wouldn't be interested in adding a reflector or
external antenna to my inbuilt WiFi.

http://www.freeantennas.com EZ-12 Windsurfer looks okay when printed on
glossy photo paper, which also gives it some strength. Leave the tabs
longer than on the drawing for easier assembly.


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