If I purchase a laptop, I was wondering how far I could travel outside of my house...away from my router before I lost connection.
2007-06-03 12:04:01 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
50 to 60 feet or so.
2007-06-03 12:23:19 · answer #1 · answered by Taba 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stated range is 300 feet indoors
1000 feet outdoors.
The card built into a laptop is tons better than the small pcimca cards that plug into the pcmcia slot
( tiny antenna)
Look at this :
http://www.usbwifi.orcon.net.nz/
claim 3 - 4 lm ( across water)
and http://www.wifi-shootout.com/
125 miles ( in the deset and no interference from other routers , cordless phones etc)
137 miles ( propietary stuff)
http://news.com.com/New+wireless+record+claimed/2100-7351_3-5835374.html
310 km ???
http://padawan.info/it/world_wifi_distance_record.html
Generally it is 300 feet indoors.
Speed drops off like a rock after 30 feet
Biggest problem is neigbours signals drifting in- change the channel from the default 6 ( 11 and 1 are the next choices) and change the ssid from the defaults - generally Linksys and Default
2007-06-03 20:19:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be anywhere from a couple of feet to a house or two down the street. It all depends on your router's channel and how it's putting out the signal. Check out your wireless settings to see how you're doing wirelessly.
2007-06-03 19:12:44 · answer #3 · answered by Patrick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mine is 500 feet. I think that's a common range for the average wifi connection.....
2007-06-03 19:11:53 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Typically 150 feet indoors, 300 feet outdoors.
http://www.mast-victims.org/forum/index.php?action=vthread&forum=1&topic=76
You can increase your range up to double this by adding an external omnidirectional antenna to your laptop.
http://www.buffalotech.com/products/wireless/wireless-accessories/9-dbi-high-gain-flat-antenna/
Other examples of an external omnidirectional antenna
http://ohgizmo.com/2007/01/22/buffalos-wifi-adaptor-will-boost-signal-210/
http://www.radiolabs.com/products/wireless/networking/mobile-wireless-kit.php
http://www.radiolabs.com/products/wireless/wireless-cards.php?PHPSESSID=102f3bfc8276a70e48bc4e1d4cb613c7
You can increase your range even further by using an external directional antenna
http://www.cantenna.com/howtouseit.html
http://www.danets.com/wi-fi/+18dBi%20yagi%20n-female.htm
http://wirelessgardenstore.com/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=4
2007-06-03 19:32:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋