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Wireless card booster???

post #1 of 12
1/6/05 at 5:46pm
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Hi everyone, I was just wondering if there was anything on the market that would boost your wireless reception from your Intel pro wireless card b/g? Maybe there's a program or some kind of device that would magnify your receiptoin. Please advise if anyone knows.


Thanks in advance.
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post #2 of 12
1/6/05 at 6:15pm
Yes there are or if your handy with electronics you'll know what to do..
BUT....Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will jump on you like a ton of bricks..
The best work round is to build a homebrew aerial...
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post #3 of 12
1/6/05 at 6:30pm
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How would you go about building something like this? Is it easy?
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post #4 of 12
1/6/05 at 8:23pm
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Originally Posted by deljitsu
How would you go about building something like this? Is it easy?
http://www.geocities.com/lincomatic/homebrewant.html
http://www.turnpoint.net/wireless/has.html
http://www.seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/AntennaHowTo
http://www.guerrilla.net/reference/a.../2ghz_discone/

I see if I can dig up a High Gain diapole antenna tut for use on G band...for you.
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post #5 of 12
1/6/05 at 9:00pm
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How would you tie this to the wireless card thats built into your lappy?
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post #6 of 12
1/6/05 at 11:21pm
Those are for pcmcia wifi cards, which supports an external antenna
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post #7 of 12
1/7/05 at 12:41am
While searching on EBAY I found some small cables that attach to the wireless card and have a SMA connector on them. you could mount it in the little slot that is used only for the USB on the D600/800 and then either attach a pigtail antenna or any other external antenna. Just a thought.
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post #8 of 12
1/7/05 at 5:00am
lol, I made a booster like that for my usb wireless dongle those things actually work! Mine is made from a wok looking thing. I forgot where I got the page, but making the thing takes about 30 min and greatly improves reception!
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post #9 of 12
1/7/05 at 5:10am
I came into this thread just to see what was being talked about and went to the first link in this post. I understand about 1% of the things discussed there and are amazed that people can make their own antenna boosters out of tin cans. Fantastic.
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post #10 of 12
1/7/05 at 1:43pm
^^^

Nobody else really understands it much better. That is why they call it antenna theory and not fact. The rest of us just act like we know what were doing.

Martian
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post #11 of 12
1/7/05 at 4:14pm
If you are just looking to extend the range for your own wireless network, look into a Belkin Pre-N wireless router. There was a very positive review of it on cnet.com:

http://reviews.cnet.com/Belkin_Wirel...-30993672.html

According to the review, it will extend the range for all cards better than legal aftermarket antennae.
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post #12 of 12
1/8/05 at 8:43am
http://www.cantenna.com/
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/7060/
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