Bad WFI reception

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I have a Centrino Wireless Laptop Computer. At home connection to the
Internet is good in any room, and fair at the patio.
Last winter our RV Resort did profie us with free WFI. I was enable to get
a good connection at any location with in the park. Some times when in the
RV, mail would go through, and the odd time mail went out, if left all day in
the out box. The odd time I could connect to the INTERNET, then it was very
slow and faded out and in.
My nabors on both sides did have no problems.

My question is; 1.- Why did I have this problem, while I have a more
expensive and newer Laptop than my neighbors? 2.- What can I do to correct
this problem? 3.- Is there any kind of accessories that I can hook up to get
a better reception?

Anny input is greatly appreciated, Thanks
 
Help said:
I have a Centrino Wireless Laptop Computer. At home connection to the
Internet is good in any room, and fair at the patio.
Last winter our RV Resort did profie us with free WFI. I was enable to get
a good connection at any location with in the park. Some times when in the
RV, mail would go through, and the odd time mail went out, if left all day in
the out box. The odd time I could connect to the INTERNET, then it was very
slow and faded out and in.
My nabors on both sides did have no problems.

My question is; 1.- Why did I have this problem, while I have a more
expensive and newer Laptop than my neighbors? 2.- What can I do to correct
this problem? 3.- Is there any kind of accessories that I can hook up to get
a better reception?

Anny input is greatly appreciated, Thanks
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It's not your laptop, itself, that determines whether you can get a good
wifi connection but rather the wifi adapter that's built into it. Wifi
is a radio connection at a frequency where both ends (your laptop and
the wifi access point or router) must be able to see each other
(literally). Although radio signals can pass through some things (such
as windows or thin sheetrock), other things (like the metal walls of an
RV or trees and leaves in an RV resort) are more effective at blocking
the signal. Try moving around inside your RV; there may be some spot
that works better than others. If you bring your laptop over to your
neighbor's location, can you get a better signal?

The other thing you can try (other than moving next to wherever the RV
Resort has its access point) is to get a better antenna. Unfortunately,
I don't know of any built-in wifi adapters that have the ability to
connect to an external antenna. That means you would have to either buy
a PCMCIA wifi adapter with external antenna connector and an external
antenna or you could buy a USB wifi adapter which either has a better
antenna or a connector for an external antenna.

I don't have any personal experience with this product, but it looks as
if it might do the trick for you:
http://www.wirelessnetworkproducts.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1099

In general, see
http://www.wirelessnetworkproducts.com/index.asp?PageAction=Custom&ID=21
 
I have a Centrino Wireless Laptop Computer. At home connection to the
Internet is good in any room, and fair at the patio.
Last winter our RV Resort did profie us with free WFI. I was enable to get
a good connection at any location with in the park. Some times when in the
RV, mail would go through, and the odd time mail went out, if left all day in
the out box. The odd time I could connect to the INTERNET, then it was very
slow and faded out and in.
My nabors on both sides did have no problems.

My question is; 1.- Why did I have this problem, while I have a more
expensive and newer Laptop than my neighbors? 2.- What can I do to correct
this problem? 3.- Is there any kind of accessories that I can hook up to get
a better reception?

Anny input is greatly appreciated, Thanks
Click to expand...

WiFi networking presents many challenges, from your neighbours to the microwave
oven and cell phone in your home. More expensive equipment can easily provide
lower bandwidth / connectivity issues. And the closer that you are to your
neighbours, the more chance for problems.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/05/you-have-to-share-wifi-bandwidth.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/05/you-have-to-share-wifi-bandwidth.html
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/wifi-will-never-be-as-fast-as-ethernet.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/wifi-will-never-be-as-fast-as-ethernet.html
 
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