Hello, I have a toshiba satellite A300 laptop, and I want to be able to connect to routers which are far away from the laptop.
I found this TP-Link TL-WN722NC Wireless USB Adapter N150 (150Mbps, MIMO) -
Will it extend the range? If yes, about how far awai should I be able to get a signal with this?
Thanks in advance.
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It's unlikely to help. You'd be better off replacing an internal card in your laptop with a better one.
If you insist on an external card go for a high powered one (something like this one).
Also remember that the signal has to travel both ways- so while your super-card may be able to transmit to the router- the router has to have enough transmit power to reach you- so even with a high powered card there's no guarantee.
Since I have no idea what distances are we talking about, I can't be any more specific. -
Eehh, 30 meters I guess. I can detect the network with my laptop, but the problem is, the signal is too low, and sometimes it disconnects because of that, and when it connects, it's slow of course.
Btw, why do you say so? There are 7 reviews on the product, and they all say it works great, and one reviewer claims he can get signal from 300(!) meters away, although that is too hard to believe
PS: I am thinking about that, because it says the antenna is wireless. So I will have a USB plugged in to my laptop, but I can move the antenna anywhere to get better signal. -
Well the antenna isn't great on TP-Link. It's better than normal USB Wi-Fi card with an internal antenna but it's not necessarily any better than what you have in your laptop already. TP-Link has 5dB gain antenna while Alfa I linked to has 9dB gain.
Also transmit power on Alfa is significantly higher (TP-Link has normal transmit power within Wi-Fi Org standards).
Don't get me wrong- TP-Link in question is quite a good card but it's not really a high-power card for long distances- then again 30m is not that far away.
If I was to make a purchase I would buy an internal card like Intel 5300 or 6200 and replace whatever you have in your notebook now. It would be more convenient to use and no worse than TP-Link (and possibly better). -
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There are lots of mini-PCI Express cards on eBay.
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You mentioned the older Intel 5300 and 6200 units, in the context of distance. Are they really better than the 6205/1000 for being able to get stable wifi i/o from a nearby router? -
As for replacing a 1000 with a 6205-good call.
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