USB Dongle - Custom boosting?

[bloodline76]

I have been trying to get a usb dongle to work at work so I can use external broadband for gaming.

Anyone have any success with boosting the signal of their dongle through either custom or bought methods?

Appreciate any sharing of advice or ideas

Thanks

 

[bloodline76]

lol gaming at work, I want your job!

In terms of boosting, I have only ever seen mods made to routers (senders) and not the receivers (dongle/pci card). Routers can be modded with bigger antenae or modded from omni-directional to directional by way of foil screening ('cantenna'). Some custom firmware allows you to boost signal strenght such as Tomato which may help matters.

Yeah Im attempting a cantenna type aerial but its not having much success, it just looks wacky lol

 

[bloodline76]

I actually got a better signal by just placing the dongle in some curved tin foil lol