• How can I connect to a Wifi Hotspot that isn't in range?
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Ok so I recently got outta basic training and at my base we have wifi hotspots. But in my dorm I'm too far down the bay to get the wifi. I was wondering if there was anything I could do to my laptop that would get me that signal. An antenna, repeater.. something like that. I'm not very skilled at wifi but I'm sure theres something that will get the signal to my laptop. I don't exactly want to pay 60 dollars a month for a 5GB limit. And it's not that I'm not willing to move my laptop to the dayroom where the internet is but I would like to have internet access in my dorm so I can research something or order something. I'll try to answer any information you need tonight.. although in an hour I have to go back to my room.
[QUOTE=JeffAndersen;17094776] An antenna, repeater.. [/QUOTE] Answer your own question why don't you
[QUOTE=Protocol7;17094814]Answer your own question why don't you[/QUOTE] I'm not sure which I need.. or how to use it. Is it just something I hook into my laptop? I can't go near the CyberZone access point to modify it so I have to just use what can hook up to my laptop or sit in my dorm. That's what I need help with.. since I don't know what I need to solve my problem.
[QUOTE=JeffAndersen;17094914]I'm not sure which I need.. or how to use it. Is it just something I hook into my laptop? I can't go near the CyberZone access point to modify it so I have to just use what can hook up to my laptop or sit in my dorm. That's what I need help with.. since I don't know what I need to solve my problem.[/QUOTE] So you need something that can boost the laptop's active wireless range?
Buy a repeater off ebay
[QUOTE=Protocol7;17094943]So you need something that can boost the laptop's active wireless range?[/QUOTE] Maybe.. I think that's correct. Basically I can't see the signal until I go upstairs because the access point is sorta far away.. I hope to make it so I can see that signal from my room. Is that what I'd need to do?
You'll have to hook a repeater up to the actual network if you want to extend the range. Ask the IT guy on the base if you can do so if you pay for the repeater yourself.
Try any of these [url]http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1DVCA_enUS325US325&aq=2&oq=Extend+laptop+wi&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=extend+laptop+wireless+range[/url]
So if I did buy a repeater would I have to have access to the hotspots access point? Or would I be able to just hook it up and it'd rebroadcast all the signals it receives?
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