I have a new 9700 and the reach of the wifi is well below my expectations, when I compare this to my Mac Book Pro it falls short. I am getting less than 5m. (15ft) reach from my router. Is this typical and is anyone aware of any solutions to this problem ? I am on 5.0.0.545.
if you read in the wifi section it is documented that for whatever reason berry's struggle with some brands of router. i now forgot what my old router was but when i first got my 9000 it drove me insane as it went in and out all the time. alot of people were recommending the linksys by cisco routers in the wifi section. i went and got one of those and never had a problem since. sold the other on ebay.
I have a netgear router on the 1st floor of my house. I have a billiard room on the 3rd floor, I get 3 bars out of 4 for reception on my wifi, another words it works great. I have a very cheap router so I give the credit to the great reception to my 9700.
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I have a new 9700 and the reach of the wifi is well below my expectations, when I compare this to my Mac Book Pro it falls short. I am getting less than 5m. (15ft) reach from my router. Is this typical and is anyone aware of any solutions to this problem ? I am on 5.0.0.545.
Thanks
What brand is your router? Does it have external antennae? If it does, you can move them around and aim them at the areas of the house you spend the most time in.
I also vote +1000000 for linksys routers. I am using a wrt150n with ddwrt and it works perfectly, I can amp up the rf power if I need to.
If your on different floors using it most likely it won't work because signals can't go "up" through walls, only spreading "out". If your in the same room then maybe try a different router.
If your on different floors using it most likely it won't work because signals can't go "up" through walls, only spreading "out". If your in the same room then maybe try a different router.
This is where external antenna come in handy. You can "aim" them in the direction/s you need. And if your a particularly rf unfriendly space, IE thickwalls, etc. You can build a fairly simple parabolic amplifier that fits over the antenna and directs all of the signal in on direction instead of in a sphere.
This is where external antenna come in handy. You can "aim" them in the direction/s you need. And if your a particularly rf unfriendly space, IE thickwalls, etc. You can build a fairly simple parabolic amplifier that fits over the antenna and directs all of the signal in on direction instead of in a sphere.
Oh, OK, thanks bro I didn't know that, but now I do.
