Increase the reception of the WIFI card

chandler825 · 09-20-2004

Hello
How can I increase the reception of my WIFI card as I travel a lot & in some hotels the reception is pretty bad in some rooms.Can anyone suggest a cheap solutions.
CL

wrzwaldo · 09-20-2004

Does your "WiFi card" allow for an external antenna? Ask the front desk for a room with known good reception? I know if I was running the place I would have a coverage map (but thats just the geek in me).

Digimortal · 09-20-2004

If your running off battery, your wifi card will not be at full strength. you can disable the power saving features of the card to run at full power.

thegeek · 09-23-2004

Almost every hotel has a wired network but if your computer is Wi- Fi only or u prefer working at the bed Check out the WGR101 54 Mbps Wireless Travel Router from Netgear here is a
Link

teitoku · 09-25-2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by chandler825

Hello
How can I increase the reception of my WIFI card as I travel a lot & in some hotels the reception is pretty bad in some rooms.Can anyone suggest a cheap solutions.
CL

Google for homemade wifi antennae

Build one

Use it.

09-20-2004	#1 (permalink)
chandler825 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 2	Increase the reception of the WIFI card Hello How can I increase the reception of my WIFI card as I travel a lot & in some hotels the reception is pretty bad in some rooms.Can anyone suggest a cheap solutions. CL

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Digimortal One step closer... Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 4	If your running off battery, your wifi card will not be at full strength. you can disable the power saving features of the card to run at full power. Last edited by Digimortal : 09-20-2004 at 04:41 PM. Reason: crappy spelling

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thegeek Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 1	Wired Network Almost every hotel has a wired network but if your computer is Wi- Fi only or u prefer working at the bed Check out the WGR101 54 Mbps Wireless Travel Router from Netgear here is a Link __________________ Wi-Fi Wifeless Internet Oh

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09-20-2004	#2 (permalink)
wrzwaldo I amuse you? Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 9,127	Does your "WiFi card" allow for an external antenna? Ask the front desk for a room with known good reception? I know if I was running the place I would have a coverage map (but thats just the geek in me).