On 11/1/08 23:00, weber3 wrote:
> Okay, our family recently got hooked up with Qwest DSL. We have a 2wire
> gateway that is centrally located in our house that sends out a wireless
> signal and also has a USB hookup and a few ethernet ports. We have two
> laptops that receive the signal wirelessly perfectly almost anywhere in
> the house. Here's where the problem comes in. I purchased a Wireless PCI
> card for a desktop that is a few rooms away from the gateway. It is a
> Zonet that I got for around 15 dollars from Tigerdirect.com, and it has
> a 2dbi attached. I'm not sure if there's much more one would need to
> know about it, I'm kinda new to wireless, but it is here < 'Zonet
> ZEW1602 PCI Wireless Adapter - 54Mbps, 802.11g at TigerDirect.com'
> (http://tinyurl.com/2ow4jh) >. The card can't get more than one or two
> signal bars at most, sometimes not getting any at all, and I figured
> this would be because of the antenna so I also recently purchased a
> Rosewill 8dbi antenna to try and fix the whole situation from
> Newegg.com. I hooked it up expecting it to give me an astounding 5 bars,
> but was let down. It didn't raise the signal at all, staying at the same
> 2 or less signal bars. Now I'm thinking either the cheap card or the
> cheap antenna (both were under 15 dollars a piece) must be the problem,
> but I'm not sure which card or antenna to purchase to fix the problem...
> Any help would be much appreciated!
>
>
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> View this thread: http://www.wirelessforums.org/hardware-discussion/please-help-very-frustrating-36640.html
> http://www.wirelessforums.org
>
Which part of uk.telecom.mobile did you find the most confusing ?
"David Kennedy"
<davidkennedy@nospamtodaythanksverymuchforthekindo fferyoubastard.invalid>
wrote in message news:13oftjbi1s8kl18@corp.supernews.com...
> On 11/1/08 23:00, weber3 wrote:
>> Okay, our family recently got hooked up with Qwest DSL. We have a 2wire
>> gateway that is centrally located in our house that sends out a wireless
>> signal and also has a USB hookup and a few ethernet ports. We have two
>> laptops that receive the signal wirelessly perfectly almost anywhere in
>> the house. Here's where the problem comes in. I purchased a Wireless PCI
>> card for a desktop that is a few rooms away from the gateway. It is a
>> Zonet that I got for around 15 dollars from Tigerdirect.com, and it has
>> a 2dbi attached. I'm not sure if there's much more one would need to
>> know about it, I'm kinda new to wireless, but it is here < 'Zonet
>> ZEW1602 PCI Wireless Adapter - 54Mbps, 802.11g at TigerDirect.com'
>> (http://tinyurl.com/2ow4jh) >. The card can't get more than one or two
>> signal bars at most, sometimes not getting any at all, and I figured
>> this would be because of the antenna so I also recently purchased a
>> Rosewill 8dbi antenna to try and fix the whole situation from
>> Newegg.com. I hooked it up expecting it to give me an astounding 5 bars,
>> but was let down. It didn't raise the signal at all, staying at the same
>> 2 or less signal bars. Now I'm thinking either the cheap card or the
>> cheap antenna (both were under 15 dollars a piece) must be the problem,
>> but I'm not sure which card or antenna to purchase to fix the problem...
>> Any help would be much appreciated!
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> View this thread: http://www.wirelessforums.org/showthread.php?t=36640
>> http://www.wirelessforums.org
>>
>
> Which part of uk.telecom.mobile did you find the most confusing ?
>
> --
> David Kennedy
>
> http://www.anindianinexile.com
A good point, and well made, but a quick look at the link shows:
a) 30 day money back guarentee
b) several other people reporting the same issue
Most likely a duff card - unless your house is in some way built like a
Faraday cage.
On 11/1/08 23:16, Jeremy wrote:
> "David Kennedy"
> <davidkennedy@nospamtodaythanksverymuchforthekindo fferyoubastard.invalid>
> wrote in message news:13oftjbi1s8kl18@corp.supernews.com...
>> On 11/1/08 23:00, weber3 wrote:
>>> Okay, our family recently got hooked up with Qwest DSL. We have a 2wire
>>> gateway that is centrally located in our house that sends out a wireless
>>> signal and also has a USB hookup and a few ethernet ports. We have two
>>> laptops that receive the signal wirelessly perfectly almost anywhere in
>>> the house. Here's where the problem comes in. I purchased a Wireless PCI
>>> card for a desktop that is a few rooms away from the gateway. It is a
>>> Zonet that I got for around 15 dollars from Tigerdirect.com, and it has
>>> a 2dbi attached. I'm not sure if there's much more one would need to
>>> know about it, I'm kinda new to wireless, but it is here < 'Zonet
>>> ZEW1602 PCI Wireless Adapter - 54Mbps, 802.11g at TigerDirect.com'
>>> (http://tinyurl.com/2ow4jh) >. The card can't get more than one or two
>>> signal bars at most, sometimes not getting any at all, and I figured
>>> this would be because of the antenna so I also recently purchased a
>>> Rosewill 8dbi antenna to try and fix the whole situation from
>>> Newegg.com. I hooked it up expecting it to give me an astounding 5 bars,
>>> but was let down. It didn't raise the signal at all, staying at the same
>>> 2 or less signal bars. Now I'm thinking either the cheap card or the
>>> cheap antenna (both were under 15 dollars a piece) must be the problem,
>>> but I'm not sure which card or antenna to purchase to fix the problem...
>>> Any help would be much appreciated!
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> View this thread: http://www.wirelessforums.org/showthread.php?t=36640
>>> http://www.wirelessforums.org
>>>
>> Which part of uk.telecom.mobile did you find the most confusing ?
>>
>> --
>> David Kennedy
>>
>> http://www.anindianinexile.com
>
> A good point, and well made, but a quick look at the link shows:
> a) 30 day money back guarentee
For everyone reading this NG ?
> b) several other people reporting the same issue
>
I must have missed that.
> Most likely a duff card - unless your house is in some way built like a
> Faraday cage.
>
> Send it back.
"David Kennedy"
<davidkennedy@nospamtodaythanksverymuchforthekindo fferyoubastard.invalid>
wrote in message news:13oftjbi1s8kl18@corp.supernews.com...
> On 11/1/08 23:00, weber3 wrote:
>> Okay, our family recently got hooked up with Qwest DSL. We have a 2wire
>> gateway that is centrally located in our house that sends out a wireless
>> signal and also has a USB hookup and a few ethernet ports. We have two
>> laptops that receive the signal wirelessly perfectly almost anywhere in
>> the house. Here's where the problem comes in. I purchased a Wireless PCI
>> card for a desktop that is a few rooms away from the gateway. It is a
>> Zonet that I got for around 15 dollars from Tigerdirect.com, and it has
>> a 2dbi attached. I'm not sure if there's much more one would need to
>> know about it, I'm kinda new to wireless, but it is here < 'Zonet
>> ZEW1602 PCI Wireless Adapter - 54Mbps, 802.11g at TigerDirect.com'
>> (http://tinyurl.com/2ow4jh) >. The card can't get more than one or two
>> signal bars at most, sometimes not getting any at all, and I figured
>> this would be because of the antenna so I also recently purchased a
>> Rosewill 8dbi antenna to try and fix the whole situation from
>> Newegg.com. I hooked it up expecting it to give me an astounding 5 bars,
>> but was let down. It didn't raise the signal at all, staying at the same
>> 2 or less signal bars. Now I'm thinking either the cheap card or the
>> cheap antenna (both were under 15 dollars a piece) must be the problem,
>> but I'm not sure which card or antenna to purchase to fix the problem...
>> Any help would be much appreciated!
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> View this thread: http://www.wirelessforums.org/showthread.php?t=36640
>> http://www.wirelessforums.org
>>
>
> Which part of uk.telecom.mobile did you find the most confusing ?
More the fault of the parasitic web forum he posted to
"Discuss hardware, both wireless and computer. Routers, access points,
bridges etc."
The poster probably doesn't even know of the existence of Usenet.
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