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Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 4:42 am
by Ryan from Ohio
Hmmmm
I live in brick/cinderblock apartment. Im tinking I might stop by and pick up one of these wireless cards. Im tired of downloading and well Cable is to expensive. Free, well free is good!
But you have no control over it. All the sudden one day it could be gone. Someone else may be downloading and bog it down, etc, etc...
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 5:24 am
by Bwcad1
yup i bougt it but i gave mine a 64 encryption password no one can get it !!! except for super hackers
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 6:11 am
by OnYrMrk
Actually the turban dude, (j/k man), has hit the nail on the head. Look for PCMCIA NIC that has an external antenna. Netgear, 3Com, Linksys, they all carry them. Prices should be somewhere in the 50-75 dollar range. They really are not that expensive.
Linksys Wireless G
it may help you out. Best buy is my favorite place to buy these things at. When you buy in bulk, you can get some great deals.
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:19 am
by Ryan from Ohio
What about for desktops?
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:22 am
by sinister audio
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:26 am
by sinister audio
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:29 am
by GlassWolf
options are either a relay, whioch you said you don't want, or go build yourself a yagi directional antenna for the notebook.. which requires a bit of work, and may or may not help.
otherwise forget it. you're not going to do much, since most wireless has a range of 150' peak anyway and that's without going through steel walls at high frequency.
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:59 am
by dmeyer07
Thanks for the relpies guys!
So i decided i'll settle on a repeater at first. If i can't get that to work then i'll go for a larger antenna wireless card,etc...
Any recomendations on good reapeaters?
And how would something along the lines of this work:
http://cgi.ebay.com/LINKSYS-HGA7T-7-DBI-HIGH-GAIN-KIT-FOR-TNC-CONNECTORS_W0QQitemZ5825371104QQcategoryZ86719QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Or maybe something along thses lines
Kinda not what i'm looking for, a little big :) )
http://cgi.ebay.com/24-db-grid-anntenna-with-30-of-heavyduty-cable_W0QQitemZ5824952245QQcategoryZ86719QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
This is kinda what i'm leaning towards:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5823613782&fromMakeTrack=true
Sorry for all the ebay links, thats just where i've found a few i like.
-David
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 8:05 am
by dmeyer07
EDITED:N/A
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 8:31 am
by OnYrMrk
I would first check out the frequency level your wireless card works at.
which 802.11 designation is your need?
802.11g -- applies to wireless LANs and provides 20+ Mbps in the 2.4 GHz band
802.11b (also referred to as 802.11 High Rate or Wi-Fi) -- an extension to 802.11 that applies to wireless LANS and provides 11 Mbps transmission in the 2.4 GHz band.
802.11a -- an extension to 802.11 that applies to wireless LANs and provides up to 54 Mbps in the 5GHz band.
802.11 -- applies to wireless LANs and provides 1 or 2 Mbps transmission in the 2.4 GHz
I am believing that you are probably using 802.11g with your centrino laptop. but that would just be my guess.