Re: Boosting Signal

fredrickmore <fredrickmore.32d72d@no-mx.wirelessforums.org> wrote:
> Hey, i need some advice if you dont mind. I think the problem is that
> the signal strength is just not powerful enough, as i can connect to the
> network when the computer starts but if it drops out then i cant

If you have some signal, a simple reflector on the router might make things
very good. You don't say what kind of computer, or WiFi card/adapter you
are using, but you might put a reflector there as well. If you have a PCI
card in a desktop, try to have the antenna on the router side of the
desktop, even if that means facing the computer in an awkward direction, so
the desktop itself isn't blocking signal.

http://www.freeantennas.com EZ-12, printed on photo paper for thick stock,
with aluminum foil glued to the sail, provides a substantial boost in
signal. http://www.rahul.net/dold/clarence/EZ12-windsurfer.jpg
http://www.rahul.net/dold/clarence/w...fer-dining.JPG The netstumbler
trace shows solid signal as I walked back to the router, a dropout as I
blocked the router, taking off the reflector, and then the lower signal
without the reflector, reduced, and fluctuating in level.

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