Wireless range on laptop

Round file it

Try new Belkin, Model #: F5D7010

802.11b/g CardBus Wireless Adapter

54Mbps

32bit CardBus

64/128-Bit WEP, WPA, WPA2

2.4GHz

Windows 2000, XP, or Vista PC-compatible computer with one available 32-bit Cardbus-compatible slot

My laptop doesn't have a cardbus slot, it is a Packard Bell Easynote R4622. It has one micro PCI which has the wireless card in, and 3 USBs. Maybe I should try cleaning the contacts

It has a Billionton MIWLGRL Mini PCI 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Card

Okay let's re-group.

Have you setup an encryption protocol in the configuration of your wireless router and is it wep, wpa or wps2?

WEP - I know it is not as safe, but it is the one that all the devices in the house can use - Pcs, PSPs, DS, iPod touch etc

Okay then WEP is not as secure but the through put is greater than WPA or WPA2, so you're signal strength is better at the less encryption level.

When a connection is through a modem using wired (Ethernet) cabling. The modem or router is actually a computer in that it has a processor, you make configuration changes within the routers software. Basically the routers processor is enabling via software an intuitiveness assigning appropriate signal strengths based on each ports signal requirement. Let's say you have four output ports in your router and the in coming signal strength is 5 Mbps (mega bits per second not MBps mega bytes per second). As the routers processor learns then assigns each port the required signal strength utilizing the input 5Mbps the breakdown allows greater signal strength overall.

A wireless connection router however broadcasts the signal and the least efficient device in use will monopolize the bandwidth. Or all things being equal more devices equal less signal for each.

I recommend use of wires (Ethernet) when feasible enabling as few wireless devices as possible for most residential and small business applications.

It is a Linksys WAG200G. We have a HP and RM lappy, which works from the bottom of the garden. The PB doesn't even work just outside the house on the patio.

Hi, a new card will not necessarily help:

1. check your wireless box and make sure no other electronic devices are between it and your pc

2. make sure you don't have think walls (especially concrete)

3. make sure your new card is compatible with your box

4. move your box higher off the ground, clear of furniture etc

5. check with your service provider, see what they recommend; unless you are in a big house and garden, it should be okay

6. increased range gives a bigger target for hackers and more inteference from neighbors apps

Yeah, You gotta wathc those think walls, they know what your doing and will block you signal every time.

Sorry had to do it.

The only thing is the walls are not thick, inside are only cavity walls, and the outside one is 3/4 deep. A nintendo ds can get signal from the bottom of the garden.

I live in a mobile home and we use a wireless router.

I can carry my laptop around my house and will lose connection as I get further down the hall. In my son's room where he is connected by wireless we had to get a usb wireless connect pod like thing (it came from dell not sure what its called) in order to give him a good signal.

The thing is i can pick up a signal from my uncle's router that is about 300 yards away and in his trailer across the road. I would guess that since there is wiring in all the walls and the biggest problem occurs when things are consuming power in those rooms that the signal drops off. At least that is what I found in my house.

There is such a thing as a wireless repeater that you can buy (about 60 bucks) that will plug in to the receiving computer and boost the signal. It will plug into the lan card and work just like a wireless card.

Well... No! Check out 'your system' before you do anything else. And you probably do not want to take apart the card to put in a new aerial... My guess is that they're specially made for the manufacturer &/or the type of 'signal(s).' The few main things that determine your wireless range are your ADSL Wireless 'gateway'/router; the structure of the walls. Having too many power cables near your 'router' can cause some problems at times. Kitchens are known to deminish the range of any wireless signal. Another thing is that I was looking up the specs and support on your Packard Bell Easynote R4622. Apparently there's been some problems with it's connection with ADSL. Here:

http://support.packardbell.com/uk/item/index.php?i=topic_02487&ppn=pb17d01401

Hopefully, your just having some type of problem that can be sloved via above :)

You've overlooked the problems created by unsecured wireless connections in the immediate area, completion in wireless networking may be fierce and cause conflict. Resulting in unpredictable poor reception issues.

So it is just a firmware problem?

I followed the walkthrough, but could not find the speed/duplex settings. The ones that show up are:

Auto reconnect mode

CAM when AC Power

Country Region

Fragment Threshold

Local Administration MAC Network Adaptor

Network Type

Power Saving Mode

Radio On/Off

RTS Threshold

SSID

A good antenna will improve things a lot.