Sunday 19 August 2012

Boosting your WiFi reception for CHEAP

I'm sure that you have noticed that the further away you are from your wireless router the weaker the signal gets (duh). Now this can be very frustrating, especially if moving the router closer to you OR you moving closer to the router is not very practical at that moment, so how can you fix this without going out and buying another piece of hardware?  

Quite simple really, the answer is aluminum foil!

1. You can place a sizable piece of aluminum foil over the back of your laptop screen and watch it work its magic 

OR 

2. You can place a piece of the same foil behind the wireless router (form a slight curve with the foil to focus the signal in your direction) and watch the signal bars on your laptop increase.

NB: a more permanent fix would be to simply get a wireless repeater/signal booster OR a more powerful Wireless router.
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3 comments:

  1. Unknown25 August 2012 at 19:06

    There are other things that can be done, like tweaking the router's settings or even upgrading the firmware, but those are not as easy as the methods listed above

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  2. Unknown25 August 2012 at 19:18

    Oh it acts like a conductor. right? [or sumting like dat]

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    1. Unknown25 August 2012 at 19:26

      yes, the foil acts like a big antenna and captures more of the wifi signal

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