On 08/07/2010 12:32 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > And the newer devices have "internal" antennas, no connector to even > try a gain antenna of any kind. Just try different orientations for > best signal strength. I do have a camera feeding another Buffalo > ethernet adapter, 2.4 gHz only, perhaps 100 feet away from the > router that works marginally. The router and the adapter must be > positioned carefully but the slow data rate limits me to 3 frames > per sec. or less. Performance is degraded where the distances cause > weaker signals. > > Yes, the problems I cited were all through interior uninsulated > frame walls, and this place is certainly not earthquake proof, we > went through one hurricane and it creaked like it was coming apart. > > Thanks for your observations. > > Bob Well, what I did for my notebook is this: I bought a long u.fl cable, with a male rp-sma connector on the other end, and bought an external antenna (all this from ebay - so it was indeed very inexpensive to do). The external antenna is about 13 inches long. I connected the cable to my wifi card (u.fl snap-on connector) and the other end to the antenna. Repositioning the antenna does not seem to help either. But as I said, it offers no panacea at all. Re-positioning the router is rather difficult because there are 4 ethernet devices connected to it and so I cannot move it around that much. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
