Re: Wireless network hassles

["Gemini" <spamthis@ nowhere.net>]

If it is just a matter of a weak signal, I have had excellent results with
this little free antenna.
http://www.freeantennas.com/projects/template2/index.html
I just point it towards the direction that I need a little boost, and it
just about doubles range. It is simple,free and works for me.

<robertlbass@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1135416218.612496.95380@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> We recently moved to a new (for us) home.  I have a Belkin wireless
> router connected to a DSL modem in my office at one end of the house.
> My wife's desktop is at the opposite end of the home, about 120 feet
> away and through three walls, one of which is cement block.
>
> Her PC connects to the wireless LAN for a while then cuts out.  This
> happens at random with no apparent pattern.  The home is typical
> Florida construction -- drywall over firring over cement block, wrapped
> in stucco.  Inside walls are ordinary wood frame, but there's a
> fireplace directly in the path between the router and the problem PC.
>
> I don't mind buying a new RF access point or adding better antennas
> (there are three of them on the Belkin).  The attic is tall enough to
> walk around but unfortunately there's no connection between the space
> above the main house and my wife's office, which was originally the
> "bonus room" by the pool.  Any suggestions?
>
> Regards,
> Robert L Bass
> www.BassBurglarAlarms.com
>