Wireless distances

[Thedelldays]

how come I can scan and pick up wireless networls from my neighbours but my one struggles to get a good reception when I take my laptop into my bed room (i live in a 1 bed ground floor flat)..?

 

I have a netgear 54mbps wireless router from virgin media with 10mbps B/band

[exit2]

how come I can scan and pick up wireless networls from my neighbours but my one struggles to get a good reception when I take my laptop into my bed room (i live in a 1 bed ground floor flat)..?

 

I have a netgear 54mbps wireless router from virgin media with 10mbps B/band

 

Have seen this before and might be to do with the construction of your flat. I know for a fact that the walls between you and your neighbours will be of bricks and mortar, but suspect that the internal walls will be metal stud work instead of the old wooden cls type.

 

All this metal work produces a mesh like effect and weakens the signal

 

well I reckon anyway

[Thedelldays]

Have seen this before and might be to do with the construction of your flat. I know for a fact that the walls between you and your neighbours will be of bricks and mortar, but suspect that the internal walls will be metal stud work instead of the old wooden cls type.

 

All this metal work produces a mesh like effect and weakens the signal

 

well I reckon anyway

 

just spoke to my mate about it and he has a WiFi aerial UAB type thing that he has not long had but does not use.....he said that it boost reception quite well...

 

will give it a whirl I guess..

[Guest Dark Sotonic Mills]

Have seen this before and might be to do with the construction of your flat. I know for a fact that the walls between you and your neighbours will be of bricks and mortar, but suspect that the internal walls will be metal stud work instead of the old wooden cls type.

 

All this metal work produces a mesh like effect and weakens the signal

 

well I reckon anyway

 

It's called a Faraday Cage.

[EastleighSoulBoy]

Have seen this before and might be to do with the construction of your flat. I know for a fact that the walls between you and your neighbours will be of bricks and mortar, but suspect that the internal walls will be metal stud work instead of the old wooden cls type.

 

All this metal work produces a mesh like effect and weakens the signal

 

well I reckon anyway

 

Yup, basically a giant Faraday cage.

 

 

 

 

Oooooops! Sorry DSM, I jumped the gun a bit! Link deleted

Edited 19 December, 2008 by EastleighSoulBoy

[St Landrew]

It's called a Faraday Cage.

 

Yep. Just about to put the same answer, so I'll just say..agreed.

 

I have the same problem in my house. It also means a mobile phone has problems in my house, and a user generally has to step out into the garden. Thank goodness for dear old landline.

[saint_stevo]

Put a repeater in perhaps? above a doorway?