Originally Posted by
milepig
Something I read somewhere (maybe even on this thread, but I don't think so) talked about how someone had a problem with their neighbor's wireless blasting their network into oblivion. This made me think, I do have one random network (secured) that is always at the top of my "available network" list and this is the one that my laptop hones in on when I'm down. Is it possible that he's killing my own connection and that my router is fine? How can I tell?
Its possable and not that hard. Check the channels, you want to be as far appart as possable...if he's on 6, then you should use 11.
If you want to boost your own power there are a few ways. The easiest, if your router supports it, is to add a high gain antenna... I've done that on mine and I can go to any neighbors house and keep my WiFi
..you can even make an aluminum foil "dish" to go behind your existing antenna which will boost your signal a lot!
Another way is to hack the firmware which will allow you to raise the power well outside the FCC allowed limits.