I have the Linksys 802.11b setup (Router and Card for my laptop)
So last night i wanted to see how far the signal will travel. My friend was also over with his laptop and since i dont have my router encrypted yet he can receive my signal from his card which is a D-Link 802.11b. Well we get into his car and start driving towards my buddies apartment down the street (to see if he can get my signal for his apartment which is pretty close to mine) I dropped signal maybe 35 feet outside my apartment and my friend still had a signal and it was at very good strength to....Well we keep driving down the street for about another 100ft until he lost his signal. My question is why his D-Link still gets my signal from my router and my Linksys card which is the same maker as my router doesnt recieve the signal. I have tried manually changing the channels to see if that works but it doesnt. His card would automatically look for a stronger signal and mine wouldn't. Does anyone know any tricks to help me get stronger signals.
Also when i had the 128bit encription last week is was loosing my connection every few seconds (within 10ft of the router) so i disabled it.
Any help or suggestions would be great.
BTW i have Comcast High Speed incase that matters. Thanks and sorry for the long post.
So last night i wanted to see how far the signal will travel. My friend was also over with his laptop and since i dont have my router encrypted yet he can receive my signal from his card which is a D-Link 802.11b. Well we get into his car and start driving towards my buddies apartment down the street (to see if he can get my signal for his apartment which is pretty close to mine) I dropped signal maybe 35 feet outside my apartment and my friend still had a signal and it was at very good strength to....Well we keep driving down the street for about another 100ft until he lost his signal. My question is why his D-Link still gets my signal from my router and my Linksys card which is the same maker as my router doesnt recieve the signal. I have tried manually changing the channels to see if that works but it doesnt. His card would automatically look for a stronger signal and mine wouldn't. Does anyone know any tricks to help me get stronger signals.
Also when i had the 128bit encription last week is was loosing my connection every few seconds (within 10ft of the router) so i disabled it.
Any help or suggestions would be great.
BTW i have Comcast High Speed incase that matters. Thanks and sorry for the long post.