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    Outside antenna for municipal wifi

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by waltercoleman, Mar 4, 2008.

  1. waltercoleman

    waltercoleman Notebook Enthusiast

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    Recently the city added wifi, but the signal is weak where I live and I am trying to add a antenna outside such as a directional yagi or etc.
    I would like to put the antenna just a few feet outside and run a short low loss coaxial cable inside just a few feet, as to try to avoid major loss in a long cable. My question is: Can I use a D Link range extender or access point device and run the antenna cable directly to it. Then I could you my computer wirelessly thru out house. I don't understand the difference in a range extender and a access point device from D link. I would like to use a D link because I also have a desk top pc with a D link card.
    I hope someone can help me out with this as I would like to order a antenna and cable.

    Walter
     
    waltercoleman, Mar 4, 2008
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  2. 72hundred

    72hundred Revolutions-Per-Millennia

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    I am missing something? What's the link between the first and second posts???

    72oo
     
    72hundred, Mar 4, 2008
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  3. hehe299792458

    hehe299792458 Notebook Deity

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    interesting. something must be wrong with the website. Anyhow, what's the point of including a hd-dvd drive when hd dvd already lost? This must be the first notebook I see that gets close to 10,000 on 3dmark 06
     
    hehe299792458, Mar 4, 2008
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  4. snowbro

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    Too bad it has HD-DVD instead of a Blu-Ray drive...
     
    snowbro, Mar 4, 2008
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  5. ArshAvo

    ArshAvo Notebook Geek

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    something wrong with that notebook,crysis plays well on it even with t5450 proc.,and btw isn`t is 8800gts video card on it?
     
    ArshAvo, Mar 4, 2008
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  6. scythie

    scythie I died for your sins.

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    8800M... GT? I thought only GTS and GTX flavors were available?

    Also, you hijacked a thread :p

    Anyway nice review. Sad to see great notebooks with poor build quality. And vice-versa.
     
    scythie, Mar 4, 2008
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  7. Han Bao Quan

    Han Bao Quan The Assassin

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    A bit disappointed with the GPU, could that be because of the driver?
     
    Han Bao Quan, Mar 4, 2008
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  8. D3X

    D3X the robo know it all

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    what the heck happened? I thought I posted a solution for Walter, now it's gone and all of a sudden it's a Gateway review thread...

    But great notebook review btw, and awesome 3Dmark score lol
     
    D3X, Mar 4, 2008
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  9. acaurora

    acaurora Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    what happened to the "noise" part of the review o.0...
     
    acaurora, Mar 4, 2008
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  10. Nyceis

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    Yeah, somethings wrong with things if it can't run Crysis at 1280x800 on low better than that. Might want to double check the drivers or the power profiles.

    N
     
    Nyceis, Mar 4, 2008
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    The weight. You forgot to mention the weight...
     
    mdudeja, Mar 4, 2008
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    D3X the robo know it all

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    D3X, Mar 4, 2008
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