A Belkin Pre-N router with Belkin Pre-N PCMCIA card : Question

I just had setup a A Belkin Pre-N router with Belkin Pre-N PCMCIA card.
Router has great range (about 300ft. ) but I still need about 5-6 feet more, so
close. I have the router on my desktop PC and the card in my laptop. When I
go next door accross the street to take care of my Mom, I like to take my
laptop with me. I get just inside the doorway and I lose the signal. Is there
anyway to boost my signal strength to my laptop . Would there be something I
could put on my laptop or my Mom's house(antenna) ect. to get a little stonger
signal? Any suggestions would be helpful, thank you.

Brenda

"BGrimes155" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I just had setup a A Belkin Pre-N router with Belkin Pre-N PCMCIA card.
> Router has great range (about 300ft. ) but I still need about 5-6 feet
> more, so
> close. I have the router on my desktop PC and the card in my laptop.
> When I
> go next door accross the street to take care of my Mom, I like to take my
> laptop with me. I get just inside the doorway and I lose the signal. Is
> there
> anyway to boost my signal strength to my laptop . Would there be
> something I
> could put on my laptop or my Mom's house(antenna) ect. to get a little
> stonger
> signal? Any suggestions would be helpful, thank you.

You sure it isn't just the number of walls its gone through rather than the
range itself? How far is the router from the the closest wall to your mums?

Daniel

Can you move your router to the front of your house closer to your Mom's.
If not, add a range extender or a directional antenna

"Daniel Bennett" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "BGrimes155" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I just had setup a A Belkin Pre-N router with Belkin Pre-N PCMCIA card.
>> Router has great range (about 300ft. ) but I still need about 5-6 feet
>> more, so
>> close. I have the router on my desktop PC and the card in my laptop.
>> When I
>> go next door accross the street to take care of my Mom, I like to take
>> my
>> laptop with me. I get just inside the doorway and I lose the signal. Is
>> there
>> anyway to boost my signal strength to my laptop . Would there be
>> something I
>> could put on my laptop or my Mom's house(antenna) ect. to get a little
>> stonger
>> signal? Any suggestions would be helpful, thank you.
>
> You sure it isn't just the number of walls its gone through rather than
> the range itself? How far is the router from the the closest wall to your
> mums?
>
> Daniel
>
>

BGrimes155 Wrote:
> I just had setup a A Belkin Pre-N router with Belkin Pre-N PCMCIA card
> Router has great range (about 300ft. ) but I still need about 5-6 fee
> more, s
> close. I have the router on my desktop PC and the card in my laptop.
> When
> go next door accross the street to take care of my Mom, I like t
> take m
> laptop with me. I get just inside the doorway and I lose the signal.
> Is ther
> anyway to boost my signal strength to my laptop . Would there b
> something
> could put on my laptop or my Mom's house(antenna) ect. to get
> little stonge
> signal? Any suggestions would be helpful, thank you
>
> Brenda
Brenda

We've been using the Pre-N equipment for a couple of months now wit
resounding success. I've also been curious, though, about extending th
range even more. Although the router's 3 antennas are fixed to the box
I've read enough posts with photos to see that the F5D8230-4 antenna
are connected to the main board in the router by Hirose U.F
connectors. Although we haven't proven it ourselves, it should b
relatively easy to open the box, disconnect the 3 stock antennas, an
replace with three 7 dBi rubber duck antennas on tilt/swivel mounts. M
guess is that this would improve the range pretty dramatically, eve
beyond its current superb performance

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