Extending Wifi Antenna? - u-Assist Forums

Boomhowwer · 10-05-2007, 02:02 PM

The hotspot for the wireless network that I am connecting to is located in the living room. I'm guessing it's my neighbor who lives in the unit below that has the wireless. I'm connecting from my room, but I get a weak signal. Also I can't really move my desktop to the living room to make the connection better. My wireless card is a D-link airplus g dwl g510, which has a detachable antenna. I was thinking of moving the the antenna and running some cables to my wireless card. Will this work, and what kind of cables and adapters do I need? The connectors seems to be smaller than the regular cable TV cables.

I don't have my own internet, because I am only home for a 2 weeks for school break.

TomD · 10-05-2007, 02:02 PM

If your neighbor does not know about this, it is called STEALING.

TomD · 10-05-2007, 02:02 PM

Attaching to a wireless network without the owner's explicit consent is theft.

If you were connecting to a legal network, I'd advise against a longer cable, although you might want to consider a different antenna.

waskito77 · 10-05-2007, 02:02 PM

Get some aluminum foil and shape it like a satellite dish. Put it directly behind and inline with your wireless adapter's antenna and where you think the wireless router is located. Your latency will be less than ideal but your signal strength should increase enough to be manageable at least for 2 weeks.