Implementing WiFi in the Real World

Posted by timothy on Monday June 9, 2003 @09:42AM from the linksys-wcf11-1500-feet-my-foot dept.

John Jorsett writes "Seduced by the siren song of wireless access throughout the home, many a user has experienced the discrepancy between the manufacturer's advertised claims (150 feet indoors, 300 outside) and real-world implementation (the living room and upstairs bedroom may as well be on different continents). In steely-eyed determination to exercise his inalienable right to network access anywhere on his property, MSN author Paul Boutin hired a Wi-Fi engineer to help him bathe his property in 802.11 waves, using only mass-market consumer hardware."

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take off the case.. by Suppafly · 2003-06-09 12:01 · Score: 1, Troll

It would seem like you could probably get a lot more distance off of Wi-Fi stuff if you just cut away some of the plastic casing covering the antennas.

I've noticed that a lot of the usb style wireless adapters are basically something the size of an egg stuck in a plastic container the size of a kleenex box. All that plastic can't be good for the reception.