Dumb blonde here needing help with Wi-Fi

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seldomo19

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Ok, here goes.
I live 0.5 miles (0.8km) from a free hotspot in my area.
I purchased a Linksys PCI card 54mg 802.11g.To set up to my desktop computer.
My brother, whom doesn't have much more knowledge than me installed it.
We searched for a signal and nothing.I am wondering if the strength is not strong enough.
What should I do?
Mind you, you need to go slow with me.
Kisses!:P
 
You wont be able to pick up a signal from a hotspot that is .5 miles away, 802.11g is only rated for several hundred feet.
 
[-0MEGA-] said:
I couldnt find the range on that site... It looks like it can significantly boost your signal, but i'm still skeptic that it can boost it to 0.5 miles.
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agreed, you might have to wait. i doubt that you will be able to boost the signal almost a kilometre with ease.
 
Yuep, 1/2 a mile is way out of range. 300Ft is pushing it, so looks like you are going to have to sign up with an ISP.
 
A cantenna should boost a standard G signal about 3x the original range, or about 1000 feet. The new N standard for wireless should do about a quarter mile, but that's the longest, that's available to the public, that is... :)
 
DCIScouts said:
A cantenna should boost a standard G signal about 3x the original range, or about 1000 feet. The new N standard for wireless should do about a quarter mile, but that's the longest, that's available to the public, that is... :)
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However most likely the hotspot is only 802.11b or 802.11g, not 802.11n.
 
Cromewell said:
They are still having problems with 802.11n are they not?
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I believe they FINALLY ironed out all the problems... Linksys and D-Link, at least, both have N routers they released in the last month. And yes, more than likely the hotspot is going to be G, but the N can be backwards compatible and pick up a little extra range beyond a standard G card could... (not much, but a little)
 
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