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Networking & wireless: personal experience with boosting signal
personal experience with boosting signal
by t_town03 - 8/27/06 2:50 AMI've just resolved (almost) the same problem. I was getting a weak signal, so I ran out and purchased the high gain antenna only to see no boost in the signal strength. I took that back and got the range extender and that worked like a charm. I went from a very weak signal to an excellent signal and the setup was a no brainer. I simply put the range extender in the same room as my wireless router, plugged in the range extender and held down the auto config button for 5 seconds. When all the LEDs were blue, I unplugged it and repositioned at the weakest point of the signal and my signal is now excellent. I just did this earlier today. Now, if I could just figure out why my connection says "limited or no connectivity" I'd be set. But, to boost the signal the range extender worked like a charm.
Networking & Wireless Forum- Weak Signal
by ferreecon - 8/27/06 6:04 AM In reply to: personal experience with boosting signal by t_town03I have the same experience. I have a Desk Top unit upstairs in my home with the Gateway Router downstairs and was having a lot of trouble. I had the Comcast Tech out to my house 7 or 8 times to no avail. They did change some of the cable and the Gateway Router from Netgear to one from RCA and it seemed to do a better job but still had difficulty and the upstairs unit was like a dial-up in speed.
My son said he had the same problem and had purchased a Hawking signal enhancer. I did the same installed and now great results. Not at the same megs as the unit downstairs but more than adequate.
ferreecon
Wireless router location.
by Ismet - 9/1/06 5:29 AM In reply to: Networking & Wireless Forum- Weak Signal by ferreeconIf possible install your wireless router on top floor which will distribute the signal to the rest of the house without needing a signal booster.
Only Solution That Worked For Me
by brooksl - 9/1/06 7:44 AM In reply to: Networking & Wireless Forum- Weak Signal by ferreeconThe Netware 110v outlet range extender worked superbly. However, it took a couple of hours with tech support to get it operating properly. Be sure to read all of the coments on it. It is true that both units have to be on the same electrical circuit.
DHCP
by thecomputerguysa - 8/30/06 12:51 PM In reply to: personal experience with boosting signal by t_town03Your problem stems from not being able to get proper DHCP information from your router. I would suggest reading up on the configuration setup for your extender. I would guess that you may need to preset your gateway to the your routers IP address. Since manufacturers have "unique" setups; the manual is your best option.
Range extender did not work
by prg - 9/1/06 5:43 AM In reply to: personal experience with boosting signal by t_town03I bought a Linksys range extender and it cut the speed to dial-up comparison. Multiple calls to tech support could not solve the problem.
Limited connectivity and other problems on range extenders
by Horacio - 9/1/06 8:18 AM In reply to: personal experience with boosting signal by t_town03If you are getting limited conectivity, in my experience the chances are that your set up is probably right, but the range extender may be too far from the router/access point.
Other things to make sure:
- Router should be turned on before the range extender.
- Signal to the range extender should be decent
- If your systems was working fine and you sudenly began experiencing speed or conectivity issues, restart your range extender.
- Check that you can access range extender IP setup page from the room where the router is (preferrable from an ethernet connection), and check that you can see the router IP setup page from the room where the range extender is.
personal experience with boosting signal
by tdmcdougall - 9/1/06 12:48 PM In reply to: personal experience with boosting signal by t_town03The limited or no connectivity message means that the IP address is not configured correctly so the computer is not allowed to receive information from the Internet or internal network.
You have to ensure the computer network card IP settings relate to the same network and subnet mask as the gateway (modem) before that error message will go away. Most out of the box modems set their gateway IP address to the non routeable protocol (IP address) of 192.168.x.x, which means the network peripherals must be of the same settings 192.168.x.x, that will solve your problem.
No Connectivity
by jdubjack - 9/2/06 3:35 AM In reply to: personal experience with boosting signal by t_town03I have found that as a general ruke if one has astrong signal and no or limited connectivity a reboot of the wireless router or modem is in order.
One can genrally verify whether it is the router by trying to connect to it remotely but usng http://192.168.1.1 or similar address usually on the back of the router or in your user manual. If you are able to connect to the router in thisfashion then it is your modem that may need to be rebooted. You mayalso want to temporarily remove wep or wpa encryption to troubleshoot the problem or first reload your encryption password on your wire;ees card station. (whether laptop or desk). In my area acell phone tower went in which plays havoc with connectivity at different times of the day and evening.
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