randallkubin
New Member
Hello.
My mother-in-law, lives next door - and i gave her my wireless router. It's a linksys wireless g with speed booster. With the understanding, that we'll be sharing the internet.
We live in a rural area, and even though she lives just next door... it's still probably 50-60 yards away. I mean, from where the router is located, to where the laptop we're trying to connect is.
We gave her the router, and despite the distance, we actually can pick up the signal at our house - but it's very weak - understandably. it doesn't even connect at times. mostly though - it does. and the internet speeds range from, pretty good, to average dial-up speeds.
i dont know exactly what we need to get better internet speeds at our house. ultimately, we want to connect 2 computers at our house, and there's 2 computers connected at moms.
I looked at wireless range expanders... specifically: this one
What I'm wondering though... does that take the signal, and make it like the routers in our house? i mean, is the signal that strong? Or, does it simply extend the weak internet signal through our house? If there is a way to make the connection as good throughout our house, as it is at mom's - i'll pay the money for good equipment.
the thing with all this is... being in the rural area we're in... we can't get DSL for $20 a month like most of the population can. we aren't on at&t's "grid". My mother in law is over there paying a premium to a wireless high-speed internet provider - it costs her $75 a month for the internet. She pays that much, for increased bandwidth on multiple computers. if i remember right, 7 or 8 computers can connect without too much slowdown. as i mentioned earlier, there will be 4 computers connected, max.
if we can't duplicate her service - she's gonna stop paying that premium, and we'll just get our own service. even if we both had basic service from that provider... it's still $50 per residence. we're both trying to save some monthly money here.
i'm sorry i wrote so much, i just want to be understood. please help.
any suggestion at all would be appreciated.
My mother-in-law, lives next door - and i gave her my wireless router. It's a linksys wireless g with speed booster. With the understanding, that we'll be sharing the internet.
We live in a rural area, and even though she lives just next door... it's still probably 50-60 yards away. I mean, from where the router is located, to where the laptop we're trying to connect is.
We gave her the router, and despite the distance, we actually can pick up the signal at our house - but it's very weak - understandably. it doesn't even connect at times. mostly though - it does. and the internet speeds range from, pretty good, to average dial-up speeds.
i dont know exactly what we need to get better internet speeds at our house. ultimately, we want to connect 2 computers at our house, and there's 2 computers connected at moms.
I looked at wireless range expanders... specifically: this one
What I'm wondering though... does that take the signal, and make it like the routers in our house? i mean, is the signal that strong? Or, does it simply extend the weak internet signal through our house? If there is a way to make the connection as good throughout our house, as it is at mom's - i'll pay the money for good equipment.
the thing with all this is... being in the rural area we're in... we can't get DSL for $20 a month like most of the population can. we aren't on at&t's "grid". My mother in law is over there paying a premium to a wireless high-speed internet provider - it costs her $75 a month for the internet. She pays that much, for increased bandwidth on multiple computers. if i remember right, 7 or 8 computers can connect without too much slowdown. as i mentioned earlier, there will be 4 computers connected, max.
if we can't duplicate her service - she's gonna stop paying that premium, and we'll just get our own service. even if we both had basic service from that provider... it's still $50 per residence. we're both trying to save some monthly money here.
i'm sorry i wrote so much, i just want to be understood. please help.
any suggestion at all would be appreciated.
