Hi Got a new wireless modem and the signal is weaker than weaksauce. getting about 90% of the speed and moving the modem is not an option as it's hardwired fibre with about 2cm of cable play. Any suggestions on make and model to boost this signal? need 'like 1GB or thereabouts and the market is swamped, so any positive experience, or even, 'avoid at all costs' feedback would be great. thanks gurus.
I had a problem with wifi yonks ago. I solved it by attaching a bigger aerial. May or may not be what you need.
Yes, the only option would probably be better external antenna on the router (if possible) and a better antenna on the receiver (if possible). If you are using a laptop and the router only has built in antennae with no option for external antennae, then you are very much more limited in what you can do. Just whacking on a bigger antenna you get off Ebay won't necessarily help, you need one that is higher gain (don't bother with those stupidly big ones). A 'twisted terminated folded dipole' antenna is probably one of the best compact type antennas you can get or make, but you can't really buy them. This is NOT the same as a folded dipole, that is, basically a loop. The antenna is basically a folded dipole (element type) antenna that has the correct spacing between the top and bottom straight sections, and is actually 'terminated' half way along the straight section opposite the cable side. The termination isn't a hart one, it's using a resistor of a specific Ohm rating that is matched to the input cable. So basically, the two halves of the antenna are connected through the resistor. They are relatively easy to make, but knowing the correct resistor to get makes things difficult. You will find some info on this type of antenna online, mostly talking about shortwave radio etc, but they work for any frequency. Just that the math hasn't been done on the correct resistor and loop gap for wifi frequencies. The other good news though is that it is wavelength friendly, so the same antenna works just as well for 2.4 GHz G/N band as it does with 5 GHz Ac band.
