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• October 08, 2011
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  Effective Range

  Posted: October 8th, 2011, 11:07pm PDT by Nyght

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  Ok granted I can't the effective mobile wifi range of my lappy by much but I am going to try the best I can. From home, presuming I was so inclined I could have a very impressive wifi range with some custom "hardware" (although at the end of the even the most sensitive antenna can only receive so much).
  
  I am more concerned with boosting effective wifi range as my particular city has a low wifi profile. I know a bunch of complicated and potentially pacemaker disabling alternatives but I wanna stay with fcc guidelines.
  
  I am going to assume my default dell mini isn't composed of gold so I really have two choices when it comes to practical boosting of wifi transmission and reception:
  
  1. Antenna in nic port and
  
  2. USB mini
  
  Bottom line: What alternative will give me the most cost effective boost to practical range and what would that range be (to pick up enough signal to constitute a 56.6k modem reception and transmission)? Price and availability are factors as welfare is not giving me loads of cash for solid gold antennas. Z/Z