You could consider a strategically-located repeater, or perhaps a 'wifi gaming adaptor', with a hard wire connection from it to the laptop.
Put the gaming adaptor in location where is gets a good signal (near a window or up high?) and then the laptop's need only be within cable range, and operating it should be more convenient (don't need to hold it at a 23.7 degree angle with your left hand pointing north :-). - Richard timetrap wrote: > My current problem is thus: > > I have a user in a location that has a wifi hotspot, but the signal > quality is low. I have no control over the infrastructure or the AP, > only the user's laptop, but not the position of the laptop. > > The laptop has a mini-PCIe and a CardExpress slot, currently running > Windows XP. The current Signal is -71 dBm and the Noise is -73 dBm, > which means basically "one bar" on the little tray icon. > > > What are my options as far as getting a better signal? I am open to > all suggestions. > > --Joseph Kern > _______________________________________________ > sage-members mailing list > sage-memb...@mailman.sage.org > http://mailman.sage.org/mailman/listinfo/sage-members > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lopsa.org http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
