Solve : wireless probs?

1.	Solve : wireless probs?
Answer» have an Acer laptop and have a hard time staying connected to my wireless CONNECTION in my garage. 30 feet away from linksys router. can not connect at all if garage door is down. any ideas any input would be greatly apprecatedWhat other wireless devices do you have NEARBY? There may also be a way for you to INCREASE your routers wireless signal strength, but you will need to find that in the manual for the router.If it's SIMPLY a matter of distance there isn't much we can do for you.I also had a similar problem, but i bought a wireless booster and the wireless signal got stronger. Also make sure your wireless network is secure, if other people in the neighborhood are using it, the strength of your signal will diminish. Quote from: mkimbiaji on November 19, 2010, 02:42:17 PM Also make sure your wireless network is secure, if other people in the neighborhood are using it, the strength of your signal will diminish. Pure Rubbish.Yeh your garage must be blocking the signal out, which doesn't suprise me if it's made out of the same stuff ours is ... If you use your laptop in your garage a lot it may be worth looking at getting a Wireless Access Point / Signal Booster / Repeater that is positioned closer to the garage to boost the signal. Before you go out and buy something to boost the signal, just try moving your Router to where you would put whatever hardware you would be buying and see if you can get a signal in your garage then, if you can get a signal then an access point should definately work, if you can't get a signal then you may need to think about a potential wired solution.

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have an Acer laptop and have a hard time staying connected to my wireless CONNECTION in my garage. 30 feet away from linksys router. can not connect at all if garage door is down. any ideas any input would be greatly apprecatedWhat other wireless devices do you have NEARBY?
There may also be a way for you to INCREASE your routers wireless signal strength, but you will need to find that in the manual for the router.If it's SIMPLY a matter of distance there isn't much we can do for you.I also had a similar problem, but i bought a wireless booster and the wireless signal got stronger. Also make sure your wireless network is secure, if other people in the neighborhood are using it, the strength of your signal will diminish. Quote from: mkimbiaji on November 19, 2010, 02:42:17 PM

Also make sure your wireless network is secure, if other people in the neighborhood are using it, the strength of your signal will diminish.

Pure Rubbish.Yeh your garage must be blocking the signal out, which doesn't suprise me if it's made out of the same stuff ours is ... If you use your laptop in your garage a lot it may be worth looking at getting a Wireless Access Point / Signal Booster / Repeater that is positioned closer to the garage to boost the signal.

Before you go out and buy something to boost the signal, just try moving your Router to where you would put whatever hardware you would be buying and see if you can get a signal in your garage then, if you can get a signal then an access point should definately work, if you can't get a signal then you may need to think about a potential wired solution.

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