Please help! Picking up wi fi

Its-A-New-Age-Thing

jobbingmusician wrote: »

Thanks folks, some good ideas there.

I didn't express myself very well. Router working fine, and she can get wi fi on the new computer ON THE STAIRS but not in her bedroom - and she's not well enough to sit on the stairs for long (not something I would choose to do anyway )

So the wi fi is definitely switched on. But I'll point her at this thread and I'll keep you updated. Thanks a million, everyone!

if the STAIRS are closer to the hub/router

she has a pants range



see take note peeps MY POST was the most CORRECT one,

ill be on again next week for some more IT training sessions

:D:D

CharlieBilly

You can extend the range of some routers with a wireless bridge

Or get some power line adaptor as shown above

Or change aerials on router for higher db or a usb adaptor for laptop that has a areial on it

Also try hanging channels or moving router to start with even a slight move may change things

jobbingmusician

GunJack wrote: »

another thought, a lot of thinkpads were shipped with only a 802.11b wifi card. Make sure the router is set to transmit on mixed b/g standards. This will be accessed via the router's web-based interface..

...if you run inssider, you'll be able to tell if the lappy's on b standard if you're router is being picked up at a speed of 11Mb/s, rather than 54mb/s (assuming the router is set on a mixed b/g setting)

You have slightly lost me here. Can you put this into simple English for a girlie? The bits I understand are in red

Seriously, I understand from this that she might have to change some router settings. How do you do this?

CharlieBilly

Insidder

http://www.windows7download.com/win7-inssider/ernaqooe.html

To change setting you need access to router via pc to change wireless

wireless n range can significantly improve range but you need a router that support n and the wireless adaptor

The option gunjack says its in router somewhere in wireless for example mine is

lucylucky

jobbingmusician wrote: »

You have slightly lost me here. Can you put this into simple English for a girlie? The bits I understand are in red

Seriously, I understand from this that she might have to change some router settings. How do you do this?

If she can access the router in one part of the house, which she can, then it is likely to be a range issue, not a setting thing

Its-A-New-Age-Thing

lucylucky wrote: »

If she can access the router in one part of the house, which she can, then it is likely to be a range issue, not a setting thing

already said this, the poster only needs to read my posts and yours and shes SORTED

:D:D

lucylucky

Its-A-New-Age-Thing wrote: »

already said this, the poster only needs to read my posts and yours and shes SORTED

:D:D

Methinks you may be right;)

GunJack

my point is that poor wifi range is often caused by adjacent routers operating on the same or overlapping channels to one in question. All the easy options (as I've mentioned) are easy and free to check, may well cure the problem in a high proportion of cases, and are free to implement without buying high-gain antennas (although personally I do like these ), usb wifi adapters or whatever. You should only resort to buying more hardware once all other options have been exhausted

edit:- I cross-posted with the OP's clarification post, otherwise I wouldn't have mentioned checking the router's broadcast setting...originally sounded like they couldn't connect at all..

Hammyman

Its-A-New-Age-Thing wrote: »

the built in wi-fi probably has a crap range, not all wi-fi adaptors have the same range reception,

Its a business class IBM. The last thing they have is crap range. That laptop new was £1300.

Its-A-New-Age-Thing

Hammyman wrote: »

Its a business class IBM. The last thing they have is crap range. That laptop new was £1300.

thats why it works from the staircase and not the bedroom as the signal strengh is amazin



or the router either or,

or maybe the bedroom has titanium plating in the walls which is intefering with the signal,

yip that must be it damn that titanium plating