[ubuntu-uk] FW: The Latest Wireless

[Ian Pascoe]

Don't know how effective it would be but doing a bit of a Blue Peter job
....

Paste some tin foil onto a bit of card with shiny side out, bend card into
shape of a parabola ensuring that antenna is surrounded except for opening
towards garden and hey!  boosted signal in one direction, but enough still
leaks through the foil to give you some signal indoors.

If that doesn't work, you've got yourself an interesting talking point when
people come around!

Ian

-----Original Message-----
From: ubuntu-uk-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:ubuntu-uk-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com]On Behalf Of TheVeech
Sent: 17 April 2007 14:48
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Latest Wireless


On Tue, 2007-04-17 at 11:41 +0100, Chris Wright wrote:
> > I'm just starting to appreciate this.  It's ten times better than
> being
> > stuck indoors, plus I won't suffer from geek pastiness for much
> longer!
>
> I work from home, so getting with the recent sun and warmth, working
> outside in the middle of the coutryside has it's benefits.
> (Apart from last week when the farmer went round and dumped several
> hundred tons of manure in the field 4ft from my back fence).

I had to stay up all night on Sat-Sun.  During Sunday, outside, I felt
pretty normal; indoors, I started falling asleep and losing
concentration.  I'm sure there's a lesson there somewhere!

As for your farmer, I noticed there was a great atmosphere with the
weather at first then, for some reason, people started getting stroppy
and irate, with road rage and car crashes happening all over the place.
We're never happy, us lot!  I did expect to find that mood repeated in
forums, but didn't.


> >> I could do voip and video conf at least 100ft away from the router
> with
> >> the new aerial.
> >
> > I bought one, but I must have just got a dud.
>
> Netgear have had a problem with dud's according to a few posts I've
> read
> on their forums.

I thought this was down to the new aerial, rather than the router, but
I've also had to send someone's Netgear router back recently.  Even so,
I just prefer their kit to their competitors', as you next comments
support.


> >> The new 'N' apart from having the new as yet unreleased standard
> (or
> >> non-ratified), also has an internal antennae. (In fact it has 2 or
> 3
> >> internal antennas).  With these, I don't use the external (and
> can't
> >> because there is no connection).
> >> Wireless range has improved with the "N" despite the lack of
> external
> >> antennae
> >
> > Is improved range with an 'N' card in your laptop too, or just using
> > 'b'/'g'?
> >
> >
>
> It's with the b/g.  Actually, despite buying the damn 'N' version, I
> don't have any cards that actually support it.

That's excellent news.  I've redirected my router's aerial to face the
garden, but I'm still getting a signal throughout the house.  I'd just
be nice to have a stronger signal and go even further away from the
aerial, so a new router's definitely on my wish list.


> As a side note on the range, my neighbour has been having problems
> with
> his current DLink dropping his sons XBox connection all the time, but
> he
> could see my Netgear, so I added him and now he connects via me. Must
> be
> at least 4 walls and 100ft plus.  Don't know what the quality of his
> connection is like, but it's rock solid. (His son doesn't play online
> gaming, just uses it for mail and stuff occasionally).

100ft + !?!

That sorts out the connection issues.  I've just got a new power reel
and am getting some outside points sorted out, so that'll be the power
done.  Then the issues will be how to improve the screen image in very
bright conditions and how to protect against the possibility of my
neighbours getting carried away with their hosepipes!

Tough life!


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