Do I have to have my own wireless router for a WiFi booster USB card to work?
Jan 20, 2007 by danny s | Posted in Add-ons
I get Internet connections by connecting to wireless networks insecure within my reach. I try to increase my ability to get Internet connections. Is a reminder card WiFi work for me?
Danny --
I also do the same. I think in different areas of my house, the connection works better or worse than in other areas. The first thing to do is remove any barriers between you and the (router angled walls are particularly bad because the signal can be "eaten" by them and not even meet you - this is true even if the router is in the next room)
Second thing you want to do is to consider buying a map made by the same manufacturer as the router.I'd do that before buying an extra card - several times the manufacturer uses additional software in their spare equipment to better enable the parts to talk to one another. I built in wireless and now connect to a Linksys router - if I wanted a better connection, I would first buy a Linksys wireless "g" card to see if it helped at all (l love these return policies 14 days) - if it didn 't work, I consider using a reminder. Again, try to match your builders for better interaction.
tschmitt98 | Jan 20, 2007
hi all, i got a usb wifi booster for my lap top because i am just out of range.?
Feb 07, 2009 by dejavu | Posted in Add-ons
does anyone know if i put the stick into the main computor with the cd rom to register the signal first then put the stick into my laptop or put the cd rom and stick into my laptop to get a signal.?the latter did not work so i am doing something wrong as usual.
instructions in german.i am in france at the moment.can get by in french .know not one of german
it sounds like you will have to install on all computers, really you should hve bought a booster for your router, not for your wirelesss card
TrickyMicky | Feb 07, 2009
Build your own directional WiFi Antenna - PC Perspective Forums
by Pixels303
I first tried using a WiFi Booster. To impress on the promise of a effective solution I acquired the most powerful 1Watt booster I could find on Ebay. Knowing that the default transmission output on most WiFi devices being in around the 0.025 Watt range, I was absolutely sure that I should be able to notice a definite increase in my range. I even tried ordering several Chinese knock-off 9dbi and 12dbi antenna's as well. I performed empirical tests with a Pocket PC and two computers in fixed positions away from each other over a extended period of time to achieve accurate results. All the other non-brand name antenna's worked with a signal level comparable to or worse than the stock 2dbi antenna. It would have seemed that the knock off's were either not manufactured properly or were mismatched to the used frequencies. Aside from the signal quality, the Chinese Knock-off's either were advertised at different gains for the same antenna's and quite often you are unable to use the antenna without the corded stand as they use a proprietary gendered connection type which is not usable with real life WiFi units. Disappointed in them I threw them out rather than trouble myself with spending time repackaging and paying to ship them back to China. So I decided to use the D-link antenna as my first choice before proceeding further as it was the "Only choice". I tested the 1Watt boosters for 6 months straight. After 6 months I had all the boosters degrade to a failed mode where they actually worsened the WiFi signals. In the beginning however they did boost the range of the WiFi but only noticeable on the transmission aspect of things. The boosters work by switching between transmit mode and receive mode in a "Half-duplex" manner. It must be able to detect when the WiFi device is trying to transmit and switch into the transmit mode to do so. This usually takes time to go into the transmit mode, which they refer to as "Time Division". That...
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