what is the maxium distance for wireless internet????

Question

I live in a 3 story house and my main computer is in the basement and i have my other computer up on the top floor.... and i have a netfwear wireless router on my main computer and im trying to get the wiresless connection to the top floor which is the third floor and the other computer is useing the lil type that just plugs into the usb port..... are the computers to far apart for them to connect because the signal is goin through 2 sets of floors????

the middle story has 12 foot ceilings

its a netgear router model WGR614

the computer in the upstairs is a desktop with it plugged into the usb port in the front

Answer 1

Wi-Fi networks have limited range.
A typical Wi-Fi home router using 802.11b or 802.11g with a stock antenna might have a range of 45 m (150 ft) indoors and 90 m (300 ft) outdoors. Range also varies with frequency band, as Wi-Fi is no exception to the physics of radio wave propagation.
Wi-Fi in the 2.4 GHz frequency block has better range than Wi-Fi in the 5 GHz frequency block, and less range than the oldest Wi-Fi (and pre-Wi-Fi) 900 MHz block.
Outdoor range with improved antennas can be several kilometres or more with line-of-sight.
You are mainly facing the 'line-of-sight' problem !

Answer 2

If u look on the box, it should show the distance for the router, which i believe for that particular one is 100 ft. Thought you'll probably get coverage farther. The walls shouldn't make that much of a difference. I use a linksys router and can get the signal like a block away or even in neighboring houses. I'd focus mostly on the placement of the usb receiver. Try to place it where u get the best signal pickup. U should be able to see the signal strength with the software that came with the router. Good luck! Hope it works out for u!

Answer 3

well that will be ok if you have a good (isp)server & good router try 25floor up router in the arp laptop in the car still works well

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Answer 4

Keep this in mind: all wireless communications gear is "line of sight". You might be lucky enough to get a weak signal because of dispersion and reflection up your stair well, but the low level of the signal will not penetrate the materials that make up your house. You'd be better off buying a cable and pulling it through your cold air return - probably a single vertical drop between all the floors.

Answer 5

wireless range on most routers is 100 meters, i am a second floor in a large house with a WiFi router at the ground floor, but it depends on the bulding too, if its going trhough tough matrial like solid stone, it'll weaken the connection more, i am curretly getting 24mb/s witch is by far, more than enough, you can also buy rely points and addapters for your wireless, tho you will need to configure them before placing them.

Answer 6

Wi-Fi works indoor with a maximum range of 45m (it depends of the thickness and density of the walls and the floor) and outdoor with a range of 100m.

If you´re using bluetooth, the maximum range is 10m indoor.

Water reservatories (as a fishbowl) are too bad for the connection, because they can attenuate too much the signal.

Answer 7

To do what u describe might require an "air card" think of of a on the spot router on your place as a cordless telephone "base" and your laptop is the "telephone". It purely works in the domicile and for some hundred feet. you're soliciting for a cellular telephone that's what an air card is. you may get information superhighway all over the rustic by making use of way of satellites or cellular towers, unsure which definitely.

Answer 8

Wireless routers are, generally, calibrated for 400 meters radius.

However, I'd suggest that you ask the Vendor who sold you the router about it's limitations.

All the best.

Cheers

Answer 9

Try keeping the antenna in a horizontal position (as opposed to vertical) for maximum vertical (as opposed to horizontal) coverage area.

You can try restricting your router to use 802.11b only instead of triband (802.11 a/b/g). This would increase the range from 30 meters to 50 meters. However, this will reduce the speed from 54Mbps(max) to 11Mbps(max).

Answer 10

Depends on
1) how many walls
2) thickness of walls
3) placement of your router in the basement
4) strength of network (dependent on the router)
5) quality of adapters you use on your pc/notebooks

But many ppl have "borrowed" their neighbours wireless network... so you can estimate that kind of distance. :)

You can try to place your router in open space e.g near doors /windows instead of under the desk or between shelves...


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