My firends wireless connection is always low. I am trying to make it stronger, but I can't. He has a Netgear wg311 pci wireless card on his computer. Any suggestions?
Dark_Omen
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Jump to Poston way would be to buy a faster wirless card !
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caperjack
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on way would be to buy a faster wirless card !
DMR
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on way would be to buy a faster wirless card !
That won't increase the length of the pipe, just the diameter of the pipe. ;)
Because both 802.11b and 802.11g devices operate in the same (2.4GHz) frequency range, their distance ranges are essentially the same; wireless G devices just have more bandwidth within that distance.
Dark_Omen,
Signal boosting is usually done on the router/access point side. What make and model of router/WAP is your friend using?
alc6379
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Also, another question:
Is the signal low when you're right next to the router, or does it vary with distance?
Dark_Omen
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I don't, I don't have access to my friends computer, so I can't test any of these things. I thin he should just by range enhancee, but he doesn't want to spend the money. That's about it.
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