Boosting WiFi signal?

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I have a desktop PC, with a Linksys Wireless-G PCI adapter card currently getting the Internet signal, at least sometimes.

My question is, . .

What can I do, to increase the internet signal to my computer,(without moving or modifying the Wireless router/AP from which the WiFi signal originates)?

At the moment, my "Wireless Network Connection" window says,

"Signal Strength": Very Low

What can I do?
 
Try your best to get as much of a direct link, like, a straight line from the router to the computer. You can also try putting foil behind the router, like a 'C', and the inner part would be cupping the back of the router.
 
The problem is,. . . is that I am in a dorm/building where I dont know where the router is, and I do not have access to it.

The instructions for the "LINKSYS WRE54G Wireless-G Range Extender" says , "Just put it within range of your main access point or wireless router"
, But I do not have access to the "device" where the internet signal originates.

Thus, is there anything else I can do?

I have been trying to read about some other kinds of "signal boosters" or high gain antennas, but I still dont understand how they work, if they work, or which one to get.

Can somebody please help on this? What other options do I have? Perhaps the current Wireless PCI adapter card I am using in my computer is wearing down? or perhaps there are ways to make it stronger? to get my signal strength level up?

If anyone knows anything, please let me know. Thanks.
 
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But that looks like some kind of PC card?

I have a desktop computer. I dont think it has capability for that.

At the moment I am using a "Linksys Wireless-G PCI Adapter" model number "WMP54G" http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Sate...1130877072063&ssbinary=true&lid=4919454358B02

From the product data sheet, it says Antenna 5dBi.

I have been reading a little about what I can do, and most sellers talk about about the dBi number. Is this the factor that determines how far my computer can reach and connect with the WiFi?

There is also a "Transmit Power" number for the dBi. Is that what I should be considering?

I just dont know what I can do. I have also read that some types of antennas are only uni-directional. I would think that omni-directional is better, since I dont know exactly where my colleges WiFi source originates from. There is also a lot of talk about circular vs. linear polarization. It is very confusing.

Can anybody please help me figure out how to increase my Desktop computers internet signal strength?
 
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Run > gpedit.msc > computer config > admin tempelates > network > qos packet scheduler > limit reservable bandwidth > enable < 0%

should speed up some... XP Pro only though.
 
oscaryu1 said:
Run > gpedit.msc > computer config > admin tempelates > network > qos packet scheduler > limit reservable bandwidth > enable < 0%

should speed up some... XP Pro only though.
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wrong thing :P

but. the pc card is good. if you get a one directional receiver to that card (yes you dont know where it is but you can experiment and do a 360 around you and see where the signal is better. that would help a bit
 
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