laptop not performing well upstairs...perfect downstairs

magoogy

I use a wireless network - dlink dir 615..........after fiddling with the channels i have a brill connection downstairs for mine, hubbys and daughters laptops - upstairs the connection is brill too for hubbys and daughters laptops but...................mine just wont perform upstairs..............

any ideas please? ive fully updated everything and cleaned it all,etc......

is there anything i can get to make my own connection better like a cheap home plug or extender?

thanks

closed

If the router has an aerial, try moving it from vertical

magoogy

whoops meant to say ive also twiddled about with the aerial in allsorts of positions and also the router - changed its position so many times...............all the others are connected perfectly so cant understand why my own wont perform in the same room my hubbys performs perfectly in............thanks

GunJack

all wireless cards and lappy aerials perform differently...you could try the old "modified coke can aerial range booster" on your router.. don't have a handy link, but it involves cutting a pop can down to use as a semi-directional reflector for your router's aerial.

..either that, or replace the standard aerial on your router for a high-gain one, may well give enough of a power boost to help out your poor lappy

p.s. just a thought, some D-Link routers allow you to vary the output power within the interface...might be worth a check..

magoogy

thanks for that....

how would i go about increasing the dlink output power please? i will google and see if i can find it but just incase i dont do you know? thanks....x

ssc_dougal

another option available would be to use an access point to extend the range of your router. an example of which can be found here:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143115

connect access point to current router wirelessly and you will be able to connect to to your network through this device allowing you to greatly extend the range of your network

GunJack

magoogy wrote: »

thanks for that....

how would i go about increasing the dlink output power please? i will google and see if i can find it but just incase i dont do you know? thanks....x

If you can on your router, it'll be within the router interface pages. Log into your router (most D-Links use 192.168.1.1 for address, with admin and admin for username and password, but check for your model). If you can, it'll probably be in a section like Advanced Wireless or something similar.

kwikbreaks

Try running http://www.metageek.net/products/inssider on each laptop to see if they report signal strength differently.

Blue Peter style add on for boosting range - http://www.freeantennas.com/projects/template2/index.html This does work but bear in mind it will reduce the range in non-preferred direction. With two antennas on your router you will probably need to make two.

Don't forget that WiFi is a two way communication process so for best (any?) improvement you'd need to boost power on the laptop too if you did it on the router. UK legal maximum power level for this type of WiFi is 100mW

buglawton

I made big improvements to WiFi range using both Heath Robinson method and Inssider mentioned above. See recent thread: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2590419

magoogy

thanks everyone for your help.............touch wood im connected and working fine but do find after about a hours use upstairs i have to reboot my laptop for some reason......am wondering if my laptop is on the way out.......