I keep mine encrypted because we live in a college town and kids will jump online for free anywhere they can. I used to know when we had a bunch of users because it would get so slow it was like dial up. ----- Original Message ----- From: William Stephan To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 9:44 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Wireless router antennas
Thanks Bob, I'll go check the computer places out Monday. We've had three I think, wireless routers, one Parkervision, a Netgear, and now a Belkin, and none of them have performed all that well. Most of our neighbors have wireless as well, and very few people secure their systems, so you oftentimes don't even know where you're logged in, or at least I don't. That's OK of course, until you try to download email. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 17:50 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Wireless router antennas There are lots of choices for you. A lot of times I found it's the brand instead of the surroundings. I had a Linksys from Sysco with wireless built in and we couldn't access it anywhere in the house unless you were within about 20 feet of the router. I bought a NetGear and I can connect from anywhere in the house now wirelessly. We have a large split level and the lowest level has brick walls. I left the router in the same place as the other and it just works that much better. Any of your computer type stores like Best Buy, Tiger Direct and so on would have an assortment of routers and signal boosters. ----- Original Message ----- From: William Stephan To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 3:14 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Wireless router antennas All: We had extensive remodeling done prior to moving into the house we now live in. Most of the rooms were fitted with both telephone and computer cabling, which at the time, (this was 2004) I thought was pretty slick. The router was originally just a basic router with no wireless capabilities, and was located were the cable modem is. Unfortunately, this is probably the worst place in the whole house for any kind of radio transmition/reception, since it's close to an outside wall and adjacent to a chimney with metal in it. So, Are there antennas or boosters available that I can buy to boost the signal on this router? I believe it's either a pre-N or an N standard unit. I think I might be able to relocate the router to a better spot, but because of the way the cables were initially run, it would require either another router, or sacrificing hard-wire internet access in a couple of rooms. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
