Why doesnt desktop pick up wireless?

Team,

I have wireless broadband at home, delivered via Wanadoo (bt line)
This is then plugged into my Wireless router.

My laptop picks it up LOUD and clear, my daughter desktop in he
bedroom either doesnt pick it up at all, or very, very rarely and very
very weakly.

I have put in two different adaptors with the same result, a D-Link PC
adaptor and a USB adaptor (both £20 worth). Same results.

Her room is on the same floor level as where the router is, distanc
around 7/8 metres, around 2-3 solid internal walls in between.

I know certain adaptors are different speeds, but are some differen
strengths? Do some carry certain distances?

A guy at work mentioned that the desktop, and its environment, may b
cluttered??

I will get murdered if I dont get this resolved.

Thoughts, suggestions??

Cheers

Abb

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tonyabbo

On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 15:14:41 +0100, in uk.telecom.broadband , tonyabbo
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>
>Team,
>
>I have wireless broadband at home, delivered via Wanadoo (bt line).
>This is then plugged into my Wireless router.
>
>My laptop picks it up LOUD and clear, my daughter desktop in her
>bedroom either doesnt pick it up at all, or very, very rarely and very,
>very weakly.
....
>Her room is on the same floor level as where the router is, distance
>around 7/8 metres, around 2-3 solid internal walls in between.
>
>I know certain adaptors are different speeds, but are some different
>strengths? Do some carry certain distances?

Quoted ranges of 100ft indoors are wildly optimistic. Depending on
what the walls are made from, you may lose all signal after just a
single partition (if, say, it had a high iron content eg reinforcing
bars).

Did you try putting a directional antenna on the router, and a
directional reciever on the desktop? You can make both with some
tinfoil.



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> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>
>>Team,
>>
>>I have wireless broadband at home, delivered via Wanadoo (bt line).
>>This is then plugged into my Wireless router.
>>
>>My laptop picks it up LOUD and clear, my daughter desktop in her
>>bedroom either doesnt pick it up at all, or very, very rarely and very,
>>very weakly.
> ...
>>Her room is on the same floor level as where the router is, distance
>>around 7/8 metres, around 2-3 solid internal walls in between.
>>
>>I know certain adaptors are different speeds, but are some different
>>strengths? Do some carry certain distances?

Does the laptop work in the same room as the desktop?

Do you still have the USB adapter?
If so try putting a USB cable on it and move it about the room and see if
you can connect.
I would try the corners near the floor and ceiling.

On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 15:14:41 +0100, tonyabbo
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>Team,
>
>I have wireless broadband at home, delivered via Wanadoo (bt line).
>This is then plugged into my Wireless router.
>
>My laptop picks it up LOUD and clear, my daughter desktop in her
>bedroom either doesnt pick it up at all, or very, very rarely and very,
>very weakly.
>
>I have put in two different adaptors with the same result, a D-Link PCI
>adaptor and a USB adaptor (both £20 worth). Same results.
>

Does the laptop pick it up "loud and clear" when the laptop is
positioned next to the desktop in that bedroom?

If so, then it must be something to do with the adapters you have
tried.

If not, then you simply are not getting sufficient signal strength at
that distance.

What brand is the router? It might be worth trying an adapter of the
same brand, just to be sure it is as compatible as possible.

You may also find that your router can be fitted with better aerials,
and that might help.

>Her room is on the same floor level as where the router is, distance
>around 7/8 metres, around 2-3 solid internal walls in between.
>

By "solid", do you mean brick, or stone?

If stone, you will always struggle to get through 2-3 walls, while if
brick, it should be possible, if the router is decent.

>I know certain adaptors are different speeds, but are some different
>strengths? Do some carry certain distances?
>
>A guy at work mentioned that the desktop, and its environment, may be
>cluttered??
>

It could have an effect if there are a lot of conducting items close
to the adapter, as they may block or interfere with the signal. If it
was borderline anyhow, that could well be enough to fritz it
completely.
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On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 22:28:27 +0100, in uk.telecom.broadband , Alex
Heney <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

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>Does the laptop pick it up "loud and clear" when the laptop is
>positioned next to the desktop in that bedroom?
>
>If so, then it must be something to do with the adapters you have
>tried.
>
>If not, then you simply are not getting sufficient signal strength at
>that distance.

You have the "not" and "so" inverted in the above.
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On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 17:39:23 +0100, Mark McIntyre
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>On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 22:28:27 +0100, in uk.telecom.broadband , Alex
>Heney <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>
>>Does the laptop pick it up "loud and clear" when the laptop is
>>positioned next to the desktop in that bedroom?
>>
>>If so, then it must be something to do with the adapters you have
>>tried.
>>
>>If not, then you simply are not getting sufficient signal strength at
>>that distance.
>
>You have the "not" and "so" inverted in the above.

No I don't.

If the laptop still picks up the signal clearly from next to the
desktop with the problem, then the signal is strong enough, and the
problems he is having must be the adapters used in the desktop not
being suitable for some reason.

If the laptop has similar problems to the desktop when in the same
place, then it points to a signal strength problem.
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On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 21:39:29 +0100, in uk.telecom.broadband , Alex
Heney <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 17:39:23 +0100, Mark McIntyre
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 22:28:27 +0100, in uk.telecom.broadband , Alex
>>Heney <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Does the laptop pick it up "loud and clear" when the laptop is
>>>positioned next to the desktop in that bedroom?
>>>
>>>If so, then it must be something to do with the adapters you have
>>>tried.
>>>
>>>If not, then you simply are not getting sufficient signal strength at
>>>that distance.
>>
>>You have the "not" and "so" inverted in the above.
>
>No I don't.

My mistake - I was swapping the laptop and desktop locations, probably
because its rather more common for the laptop to be the one a) with
problems and b) not near the router.
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Is it because it hasn't got a radio aerial?