I live in a camper trailer park that provides wireless service. They supposedly are putting in more antennas to provide service throughout the park. I have a Dell Latitude D510 with a built in wireless card. Sometimes I can pick up a signal and get online, sometimes I can't. What do you recommend for a booster for under 100 bucks?
2007-05-21 14:07:48 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
I have to find out what type of antenna the manager is using.
Thanks for the tip. I've had issues with linksys in the past, but any service is better than no service
2007-05-21 14:20:34 · update #1
There are dlink and belkin range extenders, you need to place it as near to the closest antenna as you can, preferably line of site with no metal between it and the antenna or it will have no advantage. You also need to get mac address information for the access point it connects to.
2007-05-21 14:32:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can get an external radio/antenna combination unit that will connect to your ethernet port. These have much higher gain and allow you to set the antenna outside of your building pointed directly at the access point. Poof you will stay connected.
check at
http://defactowireless.com or http://echotechwireless.com look under CPE (customer premise equipement) They start at around 95 so might end up being a little more than you wanted to spend.
Both of these also sell external antennas, if you wireless card has an external connection.
2007-05-21 15:57:35 · answer #2 · answered by Tracy L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Linksys makes a signal booster. It does, however, not work well with anything BUT Linksys. You could get a larger antenna from CompUSA, if they haven't closed your nearest store.
2007-05-21 14:15:13 · answer #3 · answered by Kokopelli 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋