My brother lives next door to me and he has a wireless network in his home. I told him I recieved a new laptop with wireless connectivity. Being a poor college student, he offered to let me share his connection. What do I need to do to wireless connect my laptop and desktop. My laptop connects but has a weak signal. Cam I buy a wireless router to better recieve his signal and connect my desktop at the same time? He has given me the WEP kep to access his secured network. Thanks
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Range extenders would help or he may be able to put a larger antenna on the router. Heres an article on range extenders. http://pcworld.about.com/magazine/2111p098id112745.htm
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I seen a D-Link router at Office Depot with Rangebooster. Will this help?
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This is just my opion but I think in your situation you'll get the best performance from either an extender or a larger antenna. Heres a good price on an extender:
http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10365096&SearchEngine=PriceGrabber&SearchTerm=10365096&Type=PE&Category=Comp&Gad=0&dcaid=15890 -
Or you can be Tech-ghetto and run a long ethernet cable from his house to a wireless router in your house
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I would go with range extenders and if possible check to see if there is anything that might be weakening the signal(phones,buildings materials etc).And update all your wireless drivers.
A wireless signal question
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by smcgil9899, Sep 16, 2006.