My girlfriend and I rent from an elderly lady, and live in the pool house directly behind her house, about 75 feet away. She allows us to use their wifi internet, free, as part of the rent. The problem is this: the router is in the front of the house, cannot be moved, cannot be replaced, has four walls and about 400 feet between us and the router. I bought a Belkin N1 wireless card yesterday hoping it would give me better signal strength - it was worse than the wireless built into my laptop.
I need a cheap and easy way to improve our connection quality, preferably under $100. Replacing the router is out of the question. What can we do?
2007-02-26 07:27:59 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
And I forgot to mention, the router is a 2Wire 1000HW - so I can't add an antenna, unfortunately.
2007-02-26 07:37:51 · update #1
You can point the router antenna in your general direction like TV antenna rabbit ears. Open the window just a crack and open the room door. BelKin N1 supposelly has better range, MIMO and 300 Mbps. N1 being the protocol, the 802.11g you can find aftermarket parts to replace the antenna on some linksys models.
2007-02-26 07:35:26 · answer #1 · answered by Neil 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can try a power line system. One device would plug into her wireless router, the other in your pool house, wired to your laptop. It won't be wireless, but you'll have broadband.
This will work if you're off the same main panel. The major downside is that it's about $120 for the setup (two devices @ $60 each).
2007-02-26 07:38:58 · answer #2 · answered by Fraggle rawk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey get access point or buy wireless card with higher range like 108MBPS instead of 54mbps. I think the wireless card you have is 54mbps. You need wireless card with 108mbps. On ebay it cost about $30. In store about $50. I bought it for only $10 after rebate during thanks giving. I own a motel and i use access point to extend the range. good luck
2007-02-26 09:15:55 · answer #3 · answered by Mich. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Replace the antenna on the router, you can buy bigger long range antenna from Radio Shack or Comp USA
2007-02-26 07:36:19 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
very basic: discover out who's connection your leeching, ring their doorbell and ask them to pass their instant router nearer to the partitions of your homestead. besides that, there is not any longer an outstanding deal you're able to do.
2016-10-02 00:57:43 · answer #5 · answered by favaron 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try getting an access point then running a cable to it somewhere in the back of the house.
2007-02-26 09:42:59 · answer #6 · answered by monotonous_life7 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋