weak wifi on asus eee 1000H

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~bogus name

I got one of these netbooks last July, runs xp home, atom cpu, 160GB drive,
1gb memory, etc.
The wifi, though functional, requires a very strong signal. For example,
about 25 feet from the router where this laptop sees an excellent signal,
the netbook can barely connect. So, it's pretty much useless as a wifi
device.
Is there anyway to increase the sensitivity of the wifi component? I've
searched on Asus's website but couldn't find anything.
thanks,
Al
 
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spodosaurus

~bogus name said:
I got one of these netbooks last July, runs xp home, atom cpu, 160GB drive,
1gb memory, etc.
The wifi, though functional, requires a very strong signal. For example,
about 25 feet from the router where this laptop sees an excellent signal,
the netbook can barely connect. So, it's pretty much useless as a wifi
device.
Is there anyway to increase the sensitivity of the wifi component? I've
searched on Asus's website but couldn't find anything.
thanks,
Al
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hmmm...my experience (purchased mine in August last year) has been quite
the opposite. Mine tends to perform better than my (much older) wireless
g enabled laptops in several environments.

Ari

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~bogus name

Hey Ari,

Glad to hear yours works. Mine's been like this from day one.

I've tried to connect to many networks, probably hundreds by now, and it's
always he same thing.

I have to be in the room with the router for it to connect.

No problem with a cat5 cable.

Like I mentioned in he original post, it's pretty much useless for internet
access wirelessly, and yet they are still selling them so I guess most of
the work ok.

Al
 
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~bogus name

Paul,
thanks for the input.
I think mine's just a bum box when it comes to wifi.
Everything else works like it ought to. It was like this from
day one. I wanted to use it in the living room, on wifi, with
a router in the bedroom, one wall (sheetrock on wood studs),
between router and the Asus and it couldn't connect until I
took it in the bedroom. Pretty dismal. At the time I just figured
it wasn't ready for prime time. Actually I still feel that way. ha ha
At least mine isn't. In the living room i have no problem connecting
with an old HP Pavilion laptop, circa 2002, with a pmcia card for
a wifi antenna. It connects with no problem. So does this one,
a 3 year old Averatec.
Al
 
B

~bogus name

Isaac,
thanks for the link. I tried it and searched on
wifi, but nothing came up.
Al
 
B

~bogus name

hey paul,
about switching routers, that may solve the problem
here at the condo, but i'd still be in the cold any where else. The whole
point was portability.
I think I'll just buy another one.
Maybe one from HP. I read that their's has a much
better keyboard.
Al
 
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Peter

hey paul,
about switching routers, that may solve the problem
here at the condo, but i'd still be in the cold any where else. The whole
point was portability.
I think I'll just buy another one.
Maybe one from HP. I read that their's has a much
better keyboard.
Al
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Has your laptop got a pcmcia slot. Why don't you disable its onboard
wireless and buy a pcmcia wireless card.
 
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spodosaurus

~bogus name said:
Hey Ari,

Glad to hear yours works. Mine's been like this from day one.

I've tried to connect to many networks, probably hundreds by now, and it's
always he same thing.

I have to be in the room with the router for it to connect.

No problem with a cat5 cable.

Like I mentioned in he original post, it's pretty much useless for internet
access wirelessly, and yet they are still selling them so I guess most of
the work ok.

Al
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All I can suggest is to warranty it, especially if you've already tested
it with another wireless access point.

Ari


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Michael Black

Has your laptop got a pcmcia slot. Why don't you disable its onboard
wireless and buy a pcmcia wireless card.
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Hasn't pcmcia gone the way of the dodo?

It's not included in any of the "netbooks" I've seen, and I sure
don't see any reference to it in the flyers. I've assumed the move
has been to USB, the benefit being that USB is common across all
computers now, while pcmcia seemed the domain of laptops, so it
only covered a subset of computers.

At this point, many laptops include much of what would have gone
in a pcmcia. All the netbooks include wifi, and ethernet, and slots
for SD cards and various USB ports. Surely that is common among
laptops in general now, which then leaves little need for pcmcia,
and none of the liability.

Michael
 
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Peter

Hasn't pcmcia gone the way of the dodo?

It's not included in any of the "netbooks" I've seen, and I sure
don't see any reference to it in the flyers. I've assumed the move
has been to USB, the benefit being that USB is common across all
computers now, while pcmcia seemed the domain of laptops, so it
only covered a subset of computers.

At this point, many laptops include much of what would have gone
in a pcmcia. All the netbooks include wifi, and ethernet, and slots
for SD cards and various USB ports. Surely that is common among
laptops in general now, which then leaves little need for pcmcia,
and none of the liability.

Michael
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Oh well, guess it must be. Shame though because in this case always
thought pcmcia wireless adapters would have been a better choice than
usb, if the OP cannot do anything about getting his wifi fixed.
 
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~bogus name

sinp<
Has your laptop got a pcmcia slot. Why don't you disable its onboard
wireless and buy a pcmcia wireless card.
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No, it's an Asus eee netbook. has 3 usb 2 ports
and no pcmcia, no svideo either.

 

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