I have a D-Link DI-614+ Router (2.4 GHz)
and I have a
Netgear 32-bit Cardbus WG511 (2.4 GHz, 54 Mbps)
Which one would I need to replace in order to have a better connection with a wireless laptop?
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From your question it's not clear whether you currently have connection problemw with the current setup. Do you?
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I'm sorry, I have a great connection in most of the rooms I travel to with my laptop but I wish I could have a better signal strength in my bed room. Which one would I need to replace in order to have a stronger connection in my bed room? The connection works fine but I wish it could be a little stonger as I travle further away from the router.
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A few things you can try before buying a new Router or card (for a better signal that reaches farther I would go with a new Router)
Try placing the curent router in a higher positon
Play with the antenna postitioning on the router
Make sure there are as few obsticals (metal / radios /phones etc) between your router and bedroom
Buy some high gain antenna's (if they are avaialble for that router)
See if you can run some third party firmeare for your router to boost the signal strength
See if there is a repeater for that router (might be cheaper)
If that all fails would buy a new MIMO router
good luck -
buying a new router is not a guarantee that the problem will go away; it may be a problem unrelated to both router and card. you would be better off trying to make what you have work to the best of its ability (using daacon's suggestions) before spending money on a potentially zero gain solution.
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LIke others have said set it as high as possible with as little chance of interference as possible.
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If the router has 2 antennas, put one horizontal and one vertical.. The signal that comes out of a standard wireless router antenna is kind of donut shaped, so directly above or below it will result in a bad connection... If you have on horrizontal, it takes care of the places above and below the router the vertical antenna can't...
Upgrade Router or Card for better connection?
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by souther32, Apr 21, 2006.