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Ways to Boost Your Wi-Fi Signal

pmirek — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Everyone loves using Wi-Fi for their internet access. In your home or office it makes the whole internet experience easier and more flexible. The biggest problem with using Wi-Fi is obtaining a strong and consistent signal. When the signal is weak or drops altogether, the user frustration level grows quickly. It is no fun to be watching an online video, or downloading music and having the low signal slow down the process for you.Here are some easy tips to improve the power of your Wi-Fi signal transmission and reception.Take your wireless router and move it to amore central point in the home. If this is not possible due to the input from the modem, you should be able to move it within the room it is in, away from metal cabinets, and hopefully off the floor and to a higher and less blocked spot. Upgrade the wireless router’s antenna. One great idea is to make a parabolic antenna of your own, using the directions we found at the Ampercent site, http://www.ampercent.com/boost-your-routers-wifi-signal-by-using-a-homemade-parabolic-reflector/6286/ . Here the author shows you a simple method to really help the signal at low cost. While you on this site you can search for other computer and internet tips that are helpful. If you would rather buy a high gain antenna, that will work too.Get rid of you pc based wireless card. Instead of using the often outdated receiver in your laptop or desktop computer, add a USB receiver. These are plug and play in most cases, and have a higher gain antenna built in to pull in the signal from you router. If you are trying to cover a larger area, you can add a repeater. This is an antenna that picks up the signal from your router and rebroadcasts it to carry it further and strengthen the wave. A great idea for bigger outdoor coverage spaces and larger homes or offices.Because wireless routers broadcast on a few different channels, sometimes you can improve the signal by changing the channel that yours is using. You can read more about this on the Netgear router site, http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1027//improving-wireless-range3A-tuning-equipment.Whatever works to improve your Wi-Fi signal, it will also improve your internet experience.

Wireless Broadband Has Risen to a Whole New Level

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 13:12:20 +0000

Remember the ease of ducking into wireless hot spots to check your e-mail, bank account, or news? While finding wireless zones is easier than ever, more and more restaurants and cafes are making you pay for the wireless you use. By the end of the month, you’ve shelled out almost 100 in wireless hot spot fees. However, you’d rather have the convenience of logging on from anywhere in the city versus not paying for the service. Fortunately, CLEAR 4G wireless provides a consistent web connection all over the city for 40 a month.With this service, you’ll be able to complete online training programs for work at your local coffeehouse and video chat your parents living in Minneapolis. You won’t be restricted to an Internet cable hook-up and you’ll never have to pay at wireless hot spots again. The entire city will be a virtual playground where you’ll experience fewer dead zones and weak signal areas. Furthermore, you can experience mobile broadband speeds that are just as fast as what you have in your home.Being able to check e-mail or your bank account no matter where you are makes your life easier. You can tackle your daily to-dos in no time as well as keep yourself entertained by watching your favorite dramas and comedies from your laptop. It’s the perfect accessory for city life and works to keep you constantly connected to the virtual and real worlds. It also adds to that metropolitan lifestyle where everything you could ever need is at your fingertips. You’re used to walking to the corner supermarket, picking up a video rental two blocks away, and spending your Friday and Saturday nights at your favorite dive bar on the next street over. Your city web connection should be no different and wireless Internet helps to make your virtual life just as seamless as city life.

Spotting the Best Places for Wireless in Your Town

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 13:07:20 +0000

Part of the joy of actually having a computer that can connect to wireless internet is knowing where the best networks happen to be in your town. Sure, there are those typical locations–various chain stores like Starbucks, maybe your office or the local library. But for people with computers, there is something a whole lot more enjoyable in not sharing a space with dozens of other users clicking away on their laptops. Because wireless internet networks that are small often see a serious drain in signal once more than a couple of users are online, you definitely are always on the lookout for a location with a free Wi-Fi network, but without the ten or 20 people who have their computers and look like they aren’t going to be going anywhere for awhile.But how do you figure out where the best spots are to get online? Well, take it to the internet, of course. There are numerous databases out there that focus just on telling you where the best wireless signal can be found in a given area. Since things like CLEAR 4G wireless internet are starting to become more popular than simply connecting to Wi-Fi, several different online databases are even more useful if you aren’t quite ready to shell out the cash for a network that goes everywhere that you do.And if you happen to know a particularly great spot for reliable and strong wireless internet, and are planning on making that upgrade to a WiMax connection, then why not share the love? Going onto one of the databases that has provided you with so many opportunities for free Wi-Fi and listing one of your own favorite spots is practically paying it forward, the sort of karma one is expected to dish out, considering how much use people can get from the free information online. So whether you’re living in a big city or small town, don’t hold back on furthering the knowledge of the best spots to get online.

Solving your Wireless Internet Issues at Home and on the Road

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 13:05:48 +0000

There have been a lot of problems over the years getting reliable wireless internet connections. The issues on the road have been well-documented, but there continues to be inferior wireless connections set up in homes.What every wireless internet customer is looking for is basically what you get out of a WiFi hotspot: high speed service without interruption, all over the room or area covered. Obviously, this signal strength is provided by a modem which is established in a certain location.Is any provider offering these modems for customers to take with them on the road? The best wireless home connections have worked in the same way as the hotspots set up in cafes and other public places, but tossing a modem into your bag and talking it to the road is the ideal scenario for a wireless user. CLEAR 4G wireless internet has come out with a version of this modem that has recently gotten a lot of attention in the field.First off, people want to know if the connection speed is going to be similar to a WiFi hotspot when you get a CLEAR 4G wireless internet modem. If you look at the system, you will see that it is powered by a network superior to anything yet in place. In effect, the portable hotspot actually outperforms the stationary modems used by internet cafes for their hotspots.Wireless subscribers do not need to be on the road to get access to this network, as it works just as effectively at residences around the country. In other words, it can be a hotspot that goes anywhere one that does it better than the other systems already in existence. If you feel like a portable hotspot is the answer to your connection trouble, you ought to look into the latest options.