[X-Newbies] Wi-fi range extenders

[J]

Your son's card could be a 'b' card which does much more poorly than  
a 'g' card.
Or he could just be too far away from the source.

Also, out here in the boonies, wouldn't someone have to be parked  
outside your house to use your network signal, unlike in the city  
where the whole apartment building could?

My father would drive me nuts if I had to give him a password for  
each time he connected on his network from my sister's router where  
they now live. :-)

In fact I begged my sister to hardwire his room.

On Jan 17, 2007, at 9:55 PM, Mark Taintor wrote:

> Thanks for your reply. Do some computers seem to have better built  
> in antennas than others? When my son has been at a friend's  
> apartment, the friend's computer(Don't know what kind) picks up the  
> wifi signal in the apartment  just great while my son's MacBook  
> gets nothing. In our home wireless network, his Macbook works  
> great. Any thoughts about what would cause the difference in  
> reception?
> Thanks again.
> Mark
>
> On Wednesday, January 17, 2007, at 06:31  PM, W Lane wrote:
>
>>
>> On 07-Jan-17, at 5:10 PM, Mark Taintor wrote:
>>
>>> Do any of you have experience with wi-fi antennas/range  
>>> extenders? My son is living in a house with no internet access  
>>> and is not able to "borrow" any neighbor's access. He's wondering  
>>> if adding something to his Macbook would help. Leaving aside the  
>>> moral issues of doing this, do these things work?
>>
>> Only from the sending end. I'm not aware of anything that will  
>> pull in more networks, at least, not cost effectively.
>>
>>
>>> Any recommendations?
>>
>> Someone needs to get online 'inhouse'
>>
>>
>>
>>> Thanks very much.
>>
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