We have a BT Hub in our office in our garden, the signal will reach to my lap top i sit near the window which is fine, but it wont stretch to my daughters desktop at other side of house, so have bought a Belkin range extender....not sure where i'm meant to place it. eg. next to hub or desktop....any advice on setting it all up would be gratefully received. Also to note the desktop in question has an external usb network car installed.
2006-11-17 04:02:58 · 4 answers · asked by fowlersofyork 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
First of all, you should place the router near the center of the home. That should allow full coverage for the entire house.
What you didn't identify is which wireless protocol your router is? A, B, G. This will identify the actual range of the wireless router.
Not sure what you mean by "BT Hub". To run a wireless network, you need a router not a hub.
2006-11-17 04:16:27 · answer #1 · answered by AJ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As your BT hub has a range of about 150 feet in the open and only about 50 where brick walls are involved, you need to place the range extender about half way between your office and the pc.
Work out what is physically between each location.
If brick walls are nearer the office, but clearer from the other side, plug in the extender near the wall.
Typical scenario is older house, nice thick walls.
Office is on ground floor, and the router is tied to the shelf because the phone point is there.
Children have pc's in their bedrooms on the floor above, both trying to use wireless.
One PC has good coverage because the wireless signal radiates out the window and up, but the other pc on the other side of the house has no signal.
Resolution is to put a range extender or access point on the landing so the signal is picked up from downstairs and extended to the pc's upstairs.
Things to consider with wireless sites is how clear is the line of site for the signal to radiate?
HTH
Alan
2006-11-20 00:26:46 · answer #2 · answered by alan.woods 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably desktop. Contact BT for more help and they should be able to help you with this.
2006-11-17 04:10:22 · answer #3 · answered by DARIA. - JOINED MAY 2006 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/moredone/wirelesssetup.mspx#step3
this should help you if not you should have better router.
all router come with a certain ranch.
2006-11-17 04:49:25 · answer #4 · answered by nighthawk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋