anyone has any complaints? I have.. my Wi-Fi doesn’t work reliably even in the next room.. i mean what good is it if I’ve to make sure i’m ‘close enough’ to the AP..
both router and card are D-Link so it won’t be compatibility issues.. i see other wireless networks before i see mine.. but stupid people r using WEP 
any solutions? is there some kind of a ‘booster’ i could use somewhere to get more reception?
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You should use access points on different parts of the house to make your life easy.
BTW, I have a Motorola G Wireless Router and it has given me good service but I think in the new house I will have to install some access points.
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Not being able to use the net in the next room sounds BAD!
Mine works fine in all rooms. In fact, I've even used it in the basement once and it worked really well, alhamdulillah.
WEP reminds me how someone (must be in my neighbourhood) kept connecting to my wireless network for a number of days, so I ended up using WEP.
Btw.. you should call D-Link and ask them for help. If they can't help/fix it, then they should give you your money back.
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Talking about WEP ... for the longest time couldn't figure out why my wireless card with the laptop doesn't work at home but works just fine at school and stuff. So, I tested some other routers and finally figured out that my wireless card & laptop aren't compatible with 128-bit WEP. So I moved down to 64 and everything works great now.
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my roomie once bought this $10 D-LINK wireless router on thanksgiving or some similar sale. most f-ed up piece of junk i have seen. it dropped connection at random. would drop DNS service in between if connection has been idle for 20 mins. my feeling is the older firmware D-LINK routers are buggy and that D-LINK's quality control isnt exactly terrific.
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There's bad eggs in every basket. I've seen bad Linkssys, even bad Cisco equipment.
PA, try replacing the router first (maybe buy and return) and then your wifi network card.
I had a client who kept getting stronger and stronger Access Points (AP) but then we realized that it was the built-in Wifi card that was the problem. Getting a PCMCIA card fixed the issue.
How thick are ur walls? Check to see if there are eletrical wires in that wall. As someone said try moving the router around. They also have external antenaas that u can put into APs. Have fun playing. Its like a riddle.
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PA read queer's post carefully. Who told you to buy D-siht..I mean D-link. Go get yourself a linksys and be happy.
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Kaleem bhai, Linksys isn't exactly a gem either.
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LinkSys… DLink…SMC… are all decent brands when it comes to homeRF equipment, but yes there always are those three of every one million design elements that are flawed (if the company is 6 sigma compliant ) and PA might have been the unlucky customer.
I’ve used all three brands at different instances and have been satisfied. Right now I have a LinkSys PCMCIA with an SMC Barrigade and it works like a charm… at my folks place, they had NetGear wireless Router even b4 wireless became mainstream and it worked fine wven with that.
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well i just changed the placement.. it was working fine earlier.. and i've already used the warranty once.. the AP just died and i had it replaced under warranty.. had been working fine but since the repositioning i'm having problems..
i'll try and move it around again to find an optimum location for it.. there are a couple of walls/doors between the rooms so maybe that's causing the problem.. previously there was just one door..
D-Link may not be Linksys but it gives you their accelerated mode if u use their devices on both ends.. did work for me when it did..
so what's this wi-fi antenna..
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nothing beats good old fashion cables :halo:
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sometimes cables aren't practical..
i checked and AP prices are almost the same as antenna prices.. so first i'd try and move my router around to see if it helps.. otherwise i'd get that damn AP in the other room.. but something still bothers me.. if the card can't pick up the router signal, how would the AP be any better?
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Don't know if it will help, but I am using a NetGear AP. One desktop is connected via ethernet, another through a D-Link WiFi card. One laptop has Netgear PCMIA card, and the other laptop has Dell's built-in Intel WiFi card. The AP is placed in the family room, right next to cordless phone, satellite, home theatre, remotes of all kinds etc. No WiFi accelerators at all.
I have used WiFi in all parts of the home, in the patio, different floors, and everytime the connection strength is 'Excellent'. The only problem used to be when my cordless phone was also on 2.4 GHz. While we'd be talking on the cordless phone, sometimes, the frequencies will match and the WiFi network will stop responding. But since I changed my phone to 5.8 GHz, that problem has also gone away.
