Can anyone help me with my problem,I have a wifi latop but when I take it out any where I can't seem to pick up any hot-spots or wifi links,as the signal strength I think is not strong enough to pick up from my laptop.Is there anything on the market out there that will helpo me boost my signal strength. I have a desktop but I brought this laptop to use away from home and generally I can't use it,so I think I wasted my money or is it the norm.
you can't just go anywhere .... you need to go to a hotspot
wifi only has a theoretican range of 100m so you need to be pretty close (if not inside) ... that's why companies provide them
Thankyou ACtheTROLL,but isn't there someway you can boost your wifi signal.
I have been told by a friend I could put a card in my laptop to boost the signal??.
but what are you going to boost?
you need an available signal to boost (my router has wifi switched off - and none of my neighbours has anything less than 128 bit wep
the range of wifi would allow you to sit in a coffee bar or macdonalds and surf .... but not sit on a bus!
boosters amplify signal strength .... are generally directional and reception depends on being in line of sight
if your lappy has wifi .... there is no point in adding a wifi dongle ....
you could buy a 3g phone and surf via mobile ...(if money is no object)
but to use a lappy on the move .... you need to sit still!!!
(or at least only move between hotspots)
you could lurk housing estates using a util like netstumbler to find unsecured routers
but for working away (I do it regularly) you pay the hotel �5 for the priv of using their network (and wire is always better than wifi).
in smaller towns I can generally hook some nearby router .... but it's iffy ..... and not cricket
Thankyou ACtheTROLL & Ethel,no I.m not loaded wish I was??,Thankyou also Ethel,yes that is a good idea but I will only use it while I am on holiday which is only twice a year,or when I see my Aunt & Uncle.
If it's just an occasional connection ....
macdonalds will shortly have all their outlets hot and free (if your arteries will stand the cholesterol)
starbucks do already (but you won't be able to sleep if you stay too long
Thankyou ACtheTROLL, yes I could go in for the occasional hamburger or Starbucks for a long drink with ice has the wife said it will last that much longer??