Hi,
I'm entirely limited to wi-fi, powerplugs & cables are not an option.
There's a fair distance ... 30 feet & 2 brick walls between the wi-fi router & my PC, plus of course my wi-fi card in the PC sits at floor level with the body of the PC tower in between it's antenna & the router.
The result is poor connection.
For a couple of years I've solved that, more or less, using an external TP link USB wi-fi device. That's got it's own little peccadillos though (software bugs, general bad behaviour).
I'm wondering if it's possible, for my PC purchase, to stick inside it the best wi-fi card I can find, then get around the difficulties caused by the location of the PC by using an external antenna.
I've seen a few of them for sale at various places.
The plan would be to remove the antenna or antennae on the back of the wi-fi card & attach a cable from an external antenna. The external cable would then go in a nice position on top of the desk.
Do any of you do this, is this possible? Can anyone suggest a good antenna compatible with a TP wi-fi card. The TP Link card I'm looking at for inside the machine is this one :
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=NW-057-TP&groupid=46&catid=1597
simply beacuse of the reviews it's got.
Can anyone suggest a better internal card?
Thanks.
I'm entirely limited to wi-fi, powerplugs & cables are not an option.
There's a fair distance ... 30 feet & 2 brick walls between the wi-fi router & my PC, plus of course my wi-fi card in the PC sits at floor level with the body of the PC tower in between it's antenna & the router.
The result is poor connection.
For a couple of years I've solved that, more or less, using an external TP link USB wi-fi device. That's got it's own little peccadillos though (software bugs, general bad behaviour).
I'm wondering if it's possible, for my PC purchase, to stick inside it the best wi-fi card I can find, then get around the difficulties caused by the location of the PC by using an external antenna.
I've seen a few of them for sale at various places.
The plan would be to remove the antenna or antennae on the back of the wi-fi card & attach a cable from an external antenna. The external cable would then go in a nice position on top of the desk.
Do any of you do this, is this possible? Can anyone suggest a good antenna compatible with a TP wi-fi card. The TP Link card I'm looking at for inside the machine is this one :
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=NW-057-TP&groupid=46&catid=1597
simply beacuse of the reviews it's got.
Can anyone suggest a better internal card?
Thanks.