I can't afford internet right now but my friend has internet but she is about a block away from me will i be able to pick up the signal with a router to my wireless laptop?
2006-07-26 04:42:14 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Probably not. A standard wireless router for home use won't give you enough signal strength to pick it up and to use it to browse and surf the internet. That's assuming she is broadcasting a wireless network connection.
2006-07-26 04:45:31 · answer #1 · answered by Ipshwitz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't need a wireless router to pick up the signal. The router (actually it's the wireless access point built-in to the router) broadcasts the signal. If you have wireless, make sure that your friend is broadcasting the SSID (the name of his/her wireless network) and see if you can connect to it. If not, you might want to try a wireless network extender of some kind. This website has some products that may work: http://www.cantenna.com/ or you can build your own.
2006-07-26 04:50:05 · answer #2 · answered by Jody 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She has to have a good router and if she has a SIGNAL BOOSTER then definitely u will be able to get it. The N-router is very good.As u have wireless capability on your laptop, try to get some signals around ur house. U should be able to find couple of strong signals
2006-07-26 04:46:47 · answer #3 · answered by nuwanusa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You won't be able to get the connection from that far away, even with an antenna.
My neighbor has cable and I have cable w/ 3 wireless connections. She catches my connection off and on. A little box appears showing she has a connection through my router on her pc. Her pc is 25 feet from my router and modem with 2 block walls and alot of grass in betweeen and her connection is LOW.
She disconnected her service and tried it with mine alone but because the connection is low at 25 feet, it probably wouldn't work for you.
2006-07-26 04:50:41 · answer #4 · answered by Ann Chovie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No......In residing house routers are designed for in residing house, no longer a block away. you ought to have the means to prevail in a million or 2 properties down, despite if sign capability is degraded. you besides would would desire to manage variables like partitions, homes, and means line interference.
2016-12-10 16:01:23 · answer #5 · answered by rocca 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋