Question:
Increasing the WiFi range
Hi,
Courtesy my short-term memory :o, I have forgotten the site where I read an article that the standard WiFi 802.11a/b/g or whatever has a limited range and how the range can be drastically increased with the use of either some special booster or some extra gadget or maybe compliance with 802.11 n thing??? :(
Can someone help me here please. I hope the experts know what I am talking about
Thanks.
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Re: Increasing the WiFi range
The best way to boost an AP (wireless) range is to upgrade to high gain antennas. Most all wireless routers come with 2 dbi antennas, saves them money. But stand along AP normally come with high gain, but more expensive than a wireless router but better.
Adding repeaters work but through put is low.
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Thanks.
Can you kindly sharesome URL's from where I can get an idea about these AP's with high gain antennas.
Regards.
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Hi there,
Here is a AP that I have very good personal experience with. It can be used as a AP or Repeater. You can also change the antenna to a high gain RP-TNC one for even better gain. I have always used mine as a repeater in my wireless network and it works very nice.
Hope this helps.;)
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Thanks for the reply choopz :)
Regards.
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Glad to be of any help.;)
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Hi choopz,
One more question:
I understand that most of the laptops offering the WiFi feature have the standard the standard Intel Wireless 3945 802.11a/b/g adapter. Right?
If I want to go with Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-Card (which offers much wider range as per my understanding) then would it be something that would be internal to the laptop or would it be in the form of a PCMCIA (Type I/II) card? I hope my question is making any sense :o
Also I am assuming that the wireless-N card is backward compatible with
Access Points which offer only 3945 802.11a/b/g compatability?
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Have you tried this yet?...go into device manager > Intel wireless 3945ABG > properties > advanced tab > power management (set to high). And in the same advanced tab there is transmit power (set that to high also). I found it boosted my signal quite well. Dunno if thats what you need but I found my wireless was a lot better after those changes
-Dan
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Thanks Dan. I'll give it a try. Appreciate your reply.
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Best way, in my opinion, to boost reception/signal is to use MIMO or Pre-N equipment. These will both offer considerable performance gains.