On Wed, 2011-08-24 at 13:27 +0100, Paul Smith wrote: > Is there some device that can boost a laptop wifi reception? In the > library where I spend some time studying, I usually get a signal with > a quality of about 20%. Well, is that really a problem? Some of the signal meters don't mean a great deal. They can show a combination of strength and/or quality, where the threshold of goodness could be anywhere. Generally speaking, the only way to improve the interface's reception is to replace the antenna. That's not easy to do in a laptop, where the antenna is usually buried somewhere inside the cabinet, and may be little more than a wire draggled around the screen. The alternative is to replace the wireless interface with an external one, one with either a better antenna, or a removable one where you can fit a better one. You can get USB wireless interfaces, or ones that plug into the card slot. A simpler thing to try, first, is sitting in a different spot in the library. Better reception may not help if they have a poor network, anyway, with too many clients simultaneously using a low bandwidth network. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
