Wireless Network

[Twiz]

Ok, Wireless networking...

Recently, I built my Girlfriend a PC, and then fitted in a wireless network card (her house has 2 or 3 other PCs in it, all on the network), and she has had connection trouble pretty much ever since. I'm not quite sure of the setup, but there's a router/hub, not sure, about 15ft away in her parents room, then another one down the stairs in her sisters room, 20ft away. The problems with her connection escalated when she moved her pc to the opposite side of her room and turned it around. The connection strength has always been low, but now it's virtually none and doesn't work very often at all. She has a Belkin PCI card with a clever little aerial on the back, and the routers/hubs(I'm sorry I really don't know which is which or what they are, I haven't used WLAN before)are both Belkin methinks. Can I boost the strength of the signal? Maybe change the angle or distance of the pc relating to the hubby things?

[monhay]

I had the same problem... I just went with the easy way to fix it. and got a wire.

Anyway making the router/hub closer will make a difference. From my experiences the higher up the router/hub the better! (well from my experience)

Well i tried. Sorry if I didn't help much.

[Chassisbot]

Belkin? Not Belkin. Netgear, that's what you need.

[Twiz]

I had the same problem... I just went with the easy way to fix it. and got a wire.

Anyway making the router/hub closer will make a difference. From my experiences the higher up the router/hub the better! (well from my experience)

Well i tried. Sorry if I didn't help much.

whole house is set up with wireless :nana: and that's what they got, Chassisbot :nana: :nana:

[Pie R Squared]

Yes, you can improve things, locate the hub/router/access point on a high shelf if possible, and try to set up the antenna so it is within the line of sight so to speak.

If that doesn't work, you can always buy an increased gain antenna from somewhere like Broadbandbuyer (http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk)

If you were going to change your network infrastucture, I would NOT recommend Netgear for Wifi whatsoever (at least not until 802.11 n is announced)

[Uber]

I dont recommend wifi for long term use PERIOD. I use wifi on my laptop as and when, but if it is possible to set up a wired ethernet i would have that any day - wifi in my opinion is still TOO primitive and slow for my liking. Also, i have had problems with both netgear and belkin (on separate occasions), but belkin's tech support was a lot more comprehensive.

[Chassisbot]

If you get bad reception, and aren't averse to a bit of DIY, buy two extra WAPs, put them on either side of the room, drill a hole in the wall and feed a cable into each one.

[Wahoo]

yeah but why would you need faster unless you are going to be transferring tonnes of files? If you are simply using a network so you can share an internet connection you won't need faster than a 10mb connection if you are going wireless... it's fine for me.