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08-24-2005, 08:13 PM
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Wireless range Q
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I liek gramer
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Is there anything I can do on my end (the laptop, not the router) to get a better signal? I'm borrowing the internet from some friends (  ) internet across the parking lot, and I get it most of the time, but not all. Is there anything I can do to get a better connection?
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08-24-2005, 08:20 PM
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Re: Wireless range Q
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nOob
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I read somewhere recently that a guy was charged with illegally accessing a computer network by "borrowing" his neighbors wireless connection.
I believe that is a Felony |
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08-24-2005, 08:35 PM
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sʞɔns ʇuǝɹq
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they make signal "bouncers" to relay the signal over a longer distance.
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08-24-2005, 09:03 PM
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Re: Wireless range Q
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I liek gramer
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Well what if they are my friends and don't care! 
I'm not thinking a bouncer in the middle of a parking lot would go over too well, lol.
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08-24-2005, 09:17 PM
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Re: Wireless range Q
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sʞɔns ʇuǝɹq
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08-25-2005, 12:01 AM
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Re: Wireless range Q
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what is this bat you speak of?
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Direct line of sight with nothing between the units is your best bet short of a relay (bouncer). Either that or a signal amp, which I am not sure would be legal.
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08-25-2005, 12:03 AM
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Can you explain a signal amp?
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08-25-2005, 01:43 AM
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then i'd have to kill you
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08-25-2005, 08:26 AM
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You could get something like this.
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08-25-2005, 09:41 AM
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Re: Wireless range Q
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I'll take that chance. I drove my ass all the way to FL, near you, and you were not to be seen.
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08-25-2005, 11:25 AM
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I'm not worthy...
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Don't feel bad though, NO ONE was to be seen. lol
I was going to post an answer, but, they have already been posted. |
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08-27-2005, 07:17 PM
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what is this bat you speak of?
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A signal amp is nothing more than a power booster. Back in the CB craze days people used to use amps to bump the small power out of a CB, I think it's like 3 watts max, to several hundred watts or more.
The FCC frowns on that and they do tend to hunt down the more obscene violators.
Your signal tends to get weaker the farther it travels and all recievers need a minimum signal strength to detect your signal over the background clutter. A signal amp boosts your ouput signal to a higher strength so that when the signal gets tot he reciever it is still powerful enough to work.
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08-27-2005, 07:20 PM
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I have a small booster on my cb...but I didn't just say that...
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08-27-2005, 07:31 PM
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Re: Wireless range Q
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Does your laptop have integrated wireless, or does it have an add-on card with an antenna?
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08-27-2005, 08:13 PM
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WTF^^...
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hang a coat hanger bend in some interesting way though your card out the side of a window.
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08-27-2005, 10:13 PM
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08-27-2005, 10:23 PM
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08-27-2005, 10:34 PM
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