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Wireless signal strengh woes

Asked by whizkidcomputersltd in Miscellaneous Networking

Tags: signal, wireless, zd1211b, strengh

hello,

Thank you all for taking the time to read this question.

I am a client on a wireless network that my friend has set up in our block of flats (well that i set up for them) - anyway cos I set it up for her she said I can use the network to go on the internet.

This is the problem though...

She only lives about 3 doors down from me and yet the signal strengh is terrable (15% at best 0% at worst) and so it keeps dropping the connection on my laptop - much more so in the day than at night (and im talking about once every 2 minutes or so if that) this is course is killing me lol

so i was wondering if anyone had any idea how to make the signal stronger - im thinking signal booster?

I am however more inclined for software than hardware for 2 reasons -

1. My friend is a "if it aint broke dont fix it" type and so now her network works she is not gonna let me physically attach anything to the router or computer.

(but she will let me change router setting for "maintinance" just probabbly wouldnt be able to install anything (eg - firmware) unless it was over wireless) - which probabbly isnt a good idea with the conection the way it is :/

2. I have a very very low budget at the moment - I would consider hardware that I can use at my end but as a last resort - or if that is really the ONLY way to boost it.

The router is already next to the wall closest to my house - and - the network adapter is in the best place for the signal (as it is the only specific spot that actually see's the network at all.

Thank you for your help in advance

Darren

Computer Specs:

Samsung A10 Laptop
1 Ghz CPU (Mobile AMD Duron)
368 Mb RAM
Windows XP Pro SP2

Network Information:


Atheros ZD1211B USB Wireless Network Adapter
router: Linksys  WRT54G
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