My neighbor wants to know if she put a wireless card in her desktop would she be able to use my wireless connection? Her house is less then 20 feet away from mine.
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Robert in Sadorus Notebook Evangelist
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Why dont you walk over there, and see if your laptop can pick up the connection? If it can, then it shouldnt be a problem. If it comes in weak, you can always suggest she get a directional antenna and aim it in the general direction of your router.
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Robert in Sadorus Notebook Evangelist
I have an excellent signal quality at her house with my laptop. I was asking because someone from Best Buy told her that desktop wireless cards don't work like Notebook cards and that it wouldn't pick up the signal.That the only way she could do it wirelessly was if she had her own wireless internet set up in her home.
Can anyone confirm or deny this claim for me before i have her get the wireless card? -
blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso
The reason why is that most card have the antenna directly connected. With this setup the card is being shielded by the case. If the antenna is pointing toward your house it may work. Get one with a antenna coax lead. Or use a usb one with a external antenna.
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Robert in Sadorus Notebook Evangelist
The ones i have been looking at have an antenna that screw on the outside of the card and stick up along the the back of the case, will that work?
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Not much range with those, Robert. Especially if the computer is located under a desk on the floor. On a couple installs I had to replace the screw on antenna with an external 5 or 7 dBi antenna on a lead to get a good signal.
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Robert in Sadorus Notebook Evangelist
could you possibly post a link to what she would need to get for the least amount of money? I have no idea.
Least expensive Card?
Antenna?
Something like this for an antenna
http://aztekcomputers.com/detail.php/part_num/ASI46745 -
Just get a good name brand (Linksys, Dlink, Motorola, etc) PCI card. All the one's I've worked with have an SMA or MC connector on them.
RP-SMA Female (Screw on connector)
RP-SMA Male
Female MC or Lucent (Push on connector)
Male MC or Lucent
Then get a good external antenna.
Here's a good directional MC one.
http://www.buffalotech.com/products/wireless/wireless-accessories/9-dbi-high-gain-flat-antenna/
Here's a good directional SMA one.
http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=58 -
Robert in Sadorus Notebook Evangelist
Thanks for the info. I was looking at those as well.
Desktop wireless?
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Robert in Sadorus, May 22, 2007.