Connecting to wireless internet(sort-of)

[Guest didee58]

I want to boot off my nephew's router Yes with his permission, as long as I

help pay the tab. We live next door to each other. My problem being is that I

can't pick up the signal in my place because I live in a mobil home. I have a

N usb adapter, plenty strong enough, you can pick the signal up right outside

of the window with the laptop, but the minute you bring it inside it looses

the signal even though I place it right in front of the window(also where my

desktop lives). I am desperate for a solution. Anyone out there have any

ideas, I would be forever grateful. Because of where we live there are only

so many lines for highspeed and I ain't one of the liucky ones to get it I

only have dial-up right now and we all know how fast that is. Thanks

didee58

[Guest sgopus]

RE: Connecting to wireless internet(sort-of)

 

Run a long line from his router to your pc

 

"didee58" wrote:

> I want to boot off my nephew's router Yes with his permission, as long as I

> help pay the tab. We live next door to each other. My problem being is that I

> can't pick up the signal in my place because I live in a mobil home. I have a

> N usb adapter, plenty strong enough, you can pick the signal up right outside

> of the window with the laptop, but the minute you bring it inside it looses

> the signal even though I place it right in front of the window(also where my

> desktop lives). I am desperate for a solution. Anyone out there have any

> ideas, I would be forever grateful. Because of where we live there are only

> so many lines for highspeed and I ain't one of the liucky ones to get it I

> only have dial-up right now and we all know how fast that is. Thanks

> didee58

[Guest Lem]

Re: Connecting to wireless internet(sort-of)

 

didee58 wrote:

> I want to boot off my nephew's router Yes with his permission, as long as I

> help pay the tab. We live next door to each other. My problem being is that I

> can't pick up the signal in my place because I live in a mobil home. I have a

> N usb adapter, plenty strong enough, you can pick the signal up right outside

> of the window with the laptop, but the minute you bring it inside it looses

> the signal even though I place it right in front of the window(also where my

> desktop lives). I am desperate for a solution. Anyone out there have any

> ideas, I would be forever grateful. Because of where we live there are only

> so many lines for highspeed and I ain't one of the liucky ones to get it I

> only have dial-up right now and we all know how fast that is. Thanks

> didee58

 

Does nephew have a wireless-n router? If not, your wireless-n adapter

does you no good.

 

The usual cure for reception problems like yours is to use better

antennas (on both ends). That's a problem, however, with wireless-n,

because it uses MIMO antenna technology. See

http://forums.speedguide.net/showthread.php?t=236239

 

Alternatively, build a (non-metallic) weather-proof enclosure and mount

your adapter outside the window. Try to keep the USB cable as short as

possible, and in no case longer than 5 meters.

--

Lem -- MS-MVP

 

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[Guest Patrick Keenan]

Re: Connecting to wireless internet(sort-of)

 

"didee58" <didee58@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:D4F861C7-A7BE-4A3B-8F77-8FF78E797977@microsoft.com...

>I want to boot off my nephew's router Yes with his permission, as long as I

> help pay the tab. We live next door to each other. My problem being is

> that I

> can't pick up the signal in my place because I live in a mobil home. I

> have a

> N usb adapter, plenty strong enough, you can pick the signal up right

> outside

> of the window with the laptop, but the minute you bring it inside it

> looses

> the signal even though I place it right in front of the window(also where

> my

> desktop lives). I am desperate for a solution. Anyone out there have any

> ideas, I would be forever grateful. Because of where we live there are

> only

> so many lines for highspeed and I ain't one of the liucky ones to get it

> I

> only have dial-up right now and we all know how fast that is. Thanks

> didee58

 

Your mobile home probably has a lot of metal in the structure, and that just

does a swell job of reducing wireless signal.

 

So, you have a couple of choices. You can add an external antenna to a

wireless card that allows this, though most USB adapters don't.

 

If he lives next door, you can simply get a long cable. You can buy 100'

cables for around $50 if you look, or you can buy a 1000' spool of cable for

around $100. You'll need ends and the tool to install them; some spools

come with these. I generally use female ends on this kind of cable (these

often don't require special tools), and then a couple of patch cords to

connect to the router and to the laptop. You do want to run the cable in

as protected an area as you can get. If you want, you can connect a

wireless router in your place, and be wireless there with much less problem

of signal strength.

 

HTH

-pk