Pre-N laptop cards

If I get a Pre-N laptop card will this increase my range when
communicating with a standard b/g router? Can anyone quantity the
expected improvements? Will I be able to connect from 100ft farther?

-Mike

No. Your old router won't be able to send signal any further then now...
Regards,
Martin

The signal doesn't magically stop at 300 feet, it just gets
progressively weaker. You need something that can detect it and make
something out of the "weak" signal. That's why people add antennas to
improve the gain.

I found some information on the Belkin site that leads me to believe
their laptop cards give a 20% improvement on a regular b/g network.

-Mike

linksys rules - has lots of third party software where you could easily
increase the power by 900% ( from stock 28 mw to 251 mw)
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> The signal doesn't magically stop at 300 feet, it just gets
> progressively weaker. You need something that can detect it and make
> something out of the "weak" signal. That's why people add antennas to
> improve the gain.
>
> I found some information on the Belkin site that leads me to believe
> their laptop cards give a 20% improvement on a regular b/g network.
>
> -Mike
>

I recently bought the Belkin pre-n router after reading a favorable
review about it in the Wall Street Journal. It works like a charm and
has eliminated every no signal spot in my house. As a matter of fact,
the signal it sends out is so srrong that I've lit up my whole
neighborhood and now I have to use encryption when I never did before.
Setup was a no-brainer....it was flawless.

I think I paid about $150 for the router, which isn't bad considering
that I pissed away a few hundred bucks on Linksys' $100 range
extenders, which never seemed to extend the range at all.

Also, don't confuse the wireless pre-n network card that you stick
into your laptop for the router itself. I don't think the card will do
anything to extend your range and I think that if you already have a
regular network card that it will receive the strong signal from the
Belkin pre-n router.

On 27 Apr 2005 10:36:05 -0700, "(E-Mail Removed)"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>If I get a Pre-N laptop card will this increase my range when
>communicating with a standard b/g router? Can anyone quantity the
>expected improvements? Will I be able to connect from 100ft farther?
>
>-Mike

Increasing the WiFi range of my laptop on the road is the question. I
don't have control over the router. Belkin claims that you can
improve the range by 20% by simply having their Pre-N laptop card with
a standard b/g router. The antenna technology in the card is improved
so the range is increased.

Does this actually work? Are there other cards, with bigger antennas,
that solve this problem better?

-Mike

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> Increasing the WiFi range of my laptop on the road is the question. I
> don't have control over the router. Belkin claims that you can
> improve the range by 20% by simply having their Pre-N laptop card with
> a standard b/g router. The antenna technology in the card is improved
> so the range is increased.
>
> Does this actually work? Are there other cards, with bigger antennas,
> that solve this problem better?

I've used an Orinoco PCMCIA card with a 24dbi grid, but somehow I doubt
that's what you had in mind. I've considered gluing a 13dbi panel to the
lid of my laptop but so far haven't had the heart to start applying
adhesive to the lid.

Mike:
>The antenna technology in the card is improved
>so the range is increased.

But they would say that, wouldn't they..., I know not of a proof.

>Does this actually work? Are there other cards, with bigger antennas,
>that solve this problem better?

Often the problem is you can't use the laptop in a position where the signal
is strong enough.
You can get PC cards which have external antenna connector (e.g. Orinoco
Gold), but I found
that a USB adapter on 1.2m cable is cheaper and equally effective option.
Regards,
Martin