Maximum Wi-fi Distance

djcj

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First of all, apologies if this is a stupid question or in the wrong forum. ;)

I am thinking of investing in a laptop and a wireless router so i can surf the web in my back garden over the summer months. Do some wireless routers/wireless cards in laptops have stronger signal/reception than others?

The only time i have seen wi-fi used was in my aunties house and she could barely get a signal in the very next room supposedly due to "thick walls". Is there any way to guarantee i can pick up a signal in my back garden? I would hate to go out and purchase a laptop and then not be able to use it for the sole reason i bought it for.

All advice, info and personal experience would be greatly appreciated :)
 
Make sure the router you choose can attach an external Antenna.Then if the one that it comes with is not powerful enough buy a stronger dbi one :)
Don`t know what lappy you are getting but be aware some screens are near impossible to see in bright light..just a little warning
 
Right, just done some reading around (including the sticky of this section which i should have done first). I'm now looking at buying a wireless N router and adapter to try and ensure a good range to allow access in my garden.

My next question is........is there any big difference between a D-Link DIR 635 and a D-Link DIR 655 router. The 635 variety i can pickup quite a bit cheaper but will spend the extra if the 655 has a better range/distance.
 
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tbh
 
hehe, i had wondered then TRx would reply to this thread....

We calculated that thing coupled with the wifi card he's using can have a usable signal (one at each end), line of sight, over a distance of so far that it's the curvature of the earth which stops it from working....

Obviously the real-world distance is less, but that's what the theory states.

On a serious note, you could consider an access point which has dual antennas and connect one of them to an externally mounted antenna - on the wall of the house facing your garden.

My old DLink piece of rubbish AP worked fine for me in the garden - on the stock antenna, if you can get near line of sight you'll be ok.
 
I tend to find most AP's are OK, even with thick walls.

I would personally avoid belkin as they never work long distance for me. if you get an oold WRT54G you can put third party firmware on it that allows you to crank up the beans (Technical radio ouput power term.. beans).

Try placing ** AP near the back of the house, and if possible in a window instead of behind a thick wall, you should be fine.

//TrX
 
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