byron 1,169 Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 right here goe,s. if i bought one of these wireless routers, say a belkin or summat.how far away would i be able to use my laptop from its home base? or is there another way [apart from them dongle thingies] and a mobile broadband contract. ok geeks fire away.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mad al 146 Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 right here goe,s. if i bought one of these wireless routers, say a belkin or summat.how far away would i be able to use my laptop from its home base? or is there another way [apart from them dongle thingies] and a mobile broadband contract. ok geeks fire away.. and the language you are now speaking in is ******** then Byron? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest bigredbusa Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 i can use mine 40ft away from the house , but sometimes you might be able to pick up a non secure neighbour Quote Link to post Share on other sites
byron 1,169 Posted October 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 i can use mine 40ft away from the house , but sometimes you might be able to pick up a non secure neighbour looking at quarter mile away bigredbusa, do you reckon this is asking to much..thanks .. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest bigredbusa Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 no chance but you could try and see if there is anyone in the area with an open connection but of course it would to be a complete accident that you used it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
byron 1,169 Posted October 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 no chance but you could try and see if there is anyone in the area with an open connection but of course it would to be a complete accident that you used it ok thanks.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 i can use mine 40ft away from the house , but sometimes you might be able to pick up a non secure neighbour looking at quarter mile away bigredbusa, do you reckon this is asking to much..thanks .. Quarter of a mile? Why don't you just wait until the Mrs to go to bed to look at porn, like everybody else? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
speedlamper 0 Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 every centimetre the routers closer to the wlan counts, try and get it higher than what it connects to improves it to but make sure you can get to it easily to reboot it if needs be, try a few diff places round the house and try downloading a file with no other progs running and see where you get the fastest speeds, p.s the law says that if someone is stupid enough to leave an open unencrypted connection then there responsible if someone steals it and the content that the thief downloads! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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