wifi

[curiousgeorge]

Hi guys

just had a studio erected outside took my desktop out there which has a wifi dongle installed and has worked fine in the past but now i can get wifi in there.I took my laptop out to the same building got connected straight away.Its too far to run a Ethernet cable any help would be great please

[Jelly Bean]

Hello George.

 

A WIFI Booster is an option.

 

The link is just for ideas and options for you.

 

JB.

[curiousgeorge]

Hi JB i was gonna buy a new wifi dongle lol..cheers

[Jelly Bean]

Your Welcome...

 

JB.

[curiousgeorge]

Will this work even though we have a very weak signal?

[Jelly Bean]

George you may struggle still to get a decent signal...

 

It may work.

 

Have you tried reinstalling the dongles software and try to reconnect?

 

 

 

JB?

[curiousgeorge]

Since we moved house i cant find the software

[Jelly Bean]

The software maybe held on the USB dongle or it maybe downloadable from the makers website.

 

What is the make and model?

 

JB.

[curiousgeorge]

All thats on it is LB link 802.11n

[Jelly Bean]

Try this driver download George.

 

When you tryto connect are you getting any error messages?

[curiousgeorge]

I do yeah it says cannot connect to my Brightbox router

[Jelly Bean]

Does the USB dongle work in the house?

If yes its not a USB dongle that you need unless you buy a better range one.

[curiousgeorge]

Just tried it on my laptop it went through the searching part game with error which said could not find drivers

[Jelly Bean]

Try this driver download George. Click the word driver

 

:)

 

 

[curiousgeorge]

Is the word Driver the one on the left JB?

[Jelly Bean]

George click the green download button on the left,download,install,may require a restart.See if that fixes the lack of connection.

Fingers crossed it fixes it.

[curiousgeorge]

Done all that still no luck

[Jelly Bean]

Is it showing up in device manager at all George?

 

May even show up as other devices with a yellow symbl next to it.

 

Are you getting any different errors?

 

Or just the same as before?

 

I just do not want to say it is broke until we have tried all that we can,do you want me to ask the others if they can input and see if they can help you further ?

 

JB.

[KenB]

Hi George,

 

wifi dongle installed and has worked fine in the past

The only real test is to take the desktop back into the house - connect up - and see if the WiFi is working.

 

If it is then it is the signal that is the problem.

It will get weaker as the distance from the router increases.

I even have problems with my own router and it is only upstairs!!

 

If the wifi is working in the house then you will need to boost the signal to your office.

I use this method - click here

It is only good if the mains power in your office is on the same circuit as your house wiring.

 

What this method does is to use your house wiring circuit to carry the signal from a unit plugged in close to the router to a receiver in your office via the mains wiring.

The system I have has an ethernet cable option on the unit that would be in your office - so you could use wifi or cable.

 

This is a cheaper option based on the same technology - click here

It is NOT wireless but allows you to use an ethernet cable to your desktop in the office.

There are cheaper ones if you do a bit of searching.

 

It is possible to get wireless / cable extenders but these are more expensive.

 

You need to find out if the desktop wireless adapter is actually working and [ as I suspect ] the problem is a weak signal.

[curiousgeorge]

Hiya Ken

i will bring the desktop inside later today cheers for that .To answer JBs question yes it is in Device manager the ones with yellow symbols next to them are Gigabit network connection,802.11WLAN, Bluetooth periferal device,SM bus controller and usb controller

[joddle]

I had a similar issue with needing wi fi at a remote location and tried the wi fi extenders with only very limited results. Loads of drop out and the devices needed careful positioning and often rebooting. In the end, despite having misgivings, I tried a powerline adapter and even though the remote room is 100m away from the router it works absolutely fine - no drop out reasonable speeds and a clone of my wifi network to boot. So I don't even have to change settings on phones or laptops - simply go from one location to the other. The units I am using are by TP link with one sender unit and a wifi adapter at the other end which also has 2 Ethernet connections which I find useful. In fact I am so impressed by the system I have added another wi fi adapter to serve another place in the house which was a bit of a dead spot and everything has been working fine ever since

[KenB]

i will bring the desktop inside later today

Are you still having problems George ?

 

Gigabit network connection,802.11WLAN, Bluetooth periferal device,SM bus controller and usb controller

Yellow exclamation marks next to the highlighted items in Device Manager indicates driver problems.