I'm using ad hoc wireless network, over two laptop computers. One is connected to broadband via a USB modem. I use broadband on the other PC, via the wireless network.
When the PCs are side by side, I have no trouble connecting to the Internet over the wireless connection. I don't actually have to 'connect'. I just open up I'net Explorer and I'm ready to go!
However when I move about the other PC, and the signal strenght is low (not minimum, either) it fails to connect. When I try to browse, the 'Connect to Internet' pop up box, well... pops up.
Is this normal? Do I have to have a Good/Excellent signal strenght all the time to use Internet? Is there anyways I can overcome this?
2007-05-01 02:04:52 · 6 answers · asked by Silver 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
Typically, the further you move your WiFi laptop from the wired one the weaker the signal gets. In some homes, it could be 300 feet, in others, only 30 feet.
The low signal level message means it simply isn't strong enough to communicate with your other PC.
Things like concrete, pipes, metal window screens and steel studded walls can degrade the radio signal. So can other electrical devices like cordless phones, microwave ovens and frig and furnace motors. It can also be weak if one PC is in the basement and the other is on the second floor.
So, if your wired PC is at one end of the house, try moving it closer to the middle of the house and / or to the main floor.
If that still doesn't help, you should buy a Wireless router.
2007-05-01 02:29:25 · answer #1 · answered by ELfaGeek 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
By default the wireless range would be much higer but certain routers or wireless devices limit their range for a specific distance due to security reasons. Anyway, try to find out whether this is the case.
But what I wanted to tell is that, if the signal falls low, definitely you will be disconnected. These are only some of the security reasons. Usually, you can bypass this but its a best practice that you place your PC's side by side and continue working.
For some routers, you would have an expandable antenna or receiver. You could buy one of them and then you should not have any more problems.
BYE
Imtiyaz
2007-05-01 02:32:10 · answer #2 · answered by Imtiyaz G 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I had pretty much the same issue. I am not really able to answer your problem as the the 'why' of it, however i bought an external antenna for my wireless card and all the problems vanished. The antenna cost me $30 from Harvey Norman. I think it may be difficult for the network speed to run at a low b/s rate when it is networked.
2007-05-01 02:16:23 · answer #3 · answered by Julian Ledwoch 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
have you checked to see if there is a frequency issue where your primary router may be blending with the signal of the secondary chan? A repeater works by taking the incoming chan and boosting the signal and putting it out on a separate chan from its primary. If your booster router is trying to listen on say chan 1 and repeat on the same, your going to get a strong carrier but confuse the device in range since both the close source and the remote source both are trying to compete,
2016-05-17 23:25:38 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ad hoc is very poor, remember the reception on your machine may be poor, on the other it may be nothing! Your best bet is a wireless access point.
2007-05-01 02:20:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
your wifi connection doesn't have to be always good or excellent, my wifi connection is in poor connection and i can still internet. Maybe to many are using the dsl or someone is using your wifi without you knowing it; maybe its your wifi and laptop problem, because to be able to go wifi you need a certain range to have a connection; maybe your wifi antenna is broken or something; maybe you have done some unknown, accidentally config to your wifi.
2007-05-01 04:01:06 · answer #6 · answered by wbsy08 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋