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Old Jan 9, 2006 | 6:27 pm
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Pyg
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Alabama
Programs: All of them
Posts: 80
If you haven't already fixed the problem of extending your wireless connectivity, you can go the poor man's route and fix your problem with tin foil. Create a bowl shape out of tin foil then push it down over the antenna so that it looks like a satellite dish. The "dish" should point upwards toward the area that you are trying to cover. Adjust the circumference of the "bowl" to get the signal you need.

**This works GREAT for the times when you're in a hotel with poor wireless coverage.

Mimo: It probably is the wave of the future but there are a few things to consider.

1: You must have a Mimo Network adapter in any computer/laptop that you want to have Mimo speeds (can't use Centrino and get those speeds)

2: The way they are getting these speeds is by combining the channels 1-11 to make one big fat channel. In turn, this makes interference by neighbors (and other appliances in your house) in apartment buildings more likely. If you live in the suburbs, you most likely won't have problems from your neighbors but the risk of interference from household appliances (phones, microwaves, etc) are greater.
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