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Two_DoWn
United States13684 Posts
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
If it's truly an issue with the MSI notebook's adapter, you could get an external one, like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833166056 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833704045 The ones with external antennas should be able to pick up stronger signals. | ||
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Two_DoWn
United States13684 Posts
Will the antenna help with upload and download or just receiving the signal? | ||
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Xiron
Germany1233 Posts
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
On June 15 2011 23:18 Xiron wrote: From what I know the signal strength does not intefere with the up/download speed. It's about having a signal at all. And a better wireless adapter / antenna will most probably help in this concern. No, it helps with the speeds as well, if the range and signal strength are the issue--and not something like bad drivers. The Wi-Fi standards (IEEE 802.11g most likely, or perhaps the newer 802.11n) have a crude adaptive modulation + coding scheme, such that many different link rates are supported. 802.11g mode allows for 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 56 Mbps link rates, though it's backwards compatible with the 1, 2, 5.5, and 11 Mbps modes of 802.11b as well. 802.11n provides faster modes than 802.11g. The slower link rates do not require as high a signal-to-noise ratio to work, so this is why the signal strength is relevant. Then again, I wouldn't be surprised if your downlink shared among everybody was pretty low (not to mention the uplink), so the wireless connection is generally not the bottleneck, but rather the connection from the provider to the ISP. In practice for many with slower Internet plans to the ISP, there is a pretty narrow range of signal-to-noise ratio where you are able to get a signal and the link rates that are supported are slower than the connection to the ISP. If the signal is that bad, having the connection drop out every once in awhile because somebody opens a door, walks in front of the access point, etc., wouldn't be surprising, so nobody would really want to operate a wireless connection in those kinds of conditions. | ||
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Two_DoWn
United States13684 Posts
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Madoga
Netherlands471 Posts
On June 16 2011 01:18 Two_DoWn wrote: Myr, im not tech savvy, so I understood nothing that you said before the third paragraph. However, at the moment there are only 2 or 3 people using the adapter, so I do not believe it is being overtaxed due to that. Would you recommend I try an antenna? He's pretty much saying that if you have a better signal the speed of your wireless is better (faster download and upload speeds) and visa versa. After that he sais that if the signal is that bad it will most likely drop once in a while even if you get a better reciever, so you wouldn't be able to game properly in that situation. which is true imo. Anyway, new and better reciever might be able to pick up the signal better, but it still wouldnt be a good situation to be in, since it might keep dropping once in a while, which will make gaming impossible. So pretty much what has been said. You could get a new router if thats a possibility, sit closer to the router or buy some long ethernet cables. The last posibility is to buy one of these adapters that set your internet up through your power lines, here some info on the the subject. This might be the only reasonable solution in your case. [edit] something like this. You'll probably be able to get sometihng like it for 60 ish dollar if you look around, though im not an expect on this topic. | ||
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