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I have a router in my basement, and a desktop in the office upstairs, about 20 feet away through walls. With my laptop, which has a 5300 bgn card, i get a consistent 80% + signal with 100+mbps connection.
I've had trouble in the past using a Airlink 101 golden N usb adapter on the desktop, not sure if that's bc it's an off brand or not. But I'm curious if going PCI would be better?
Does anyone have experience using similar interfaces?
I put the laptop right next to the desktop and the laptop stays strong while the desktop w usb adapter always drop to 26mbps or less, consistenly, but still maintains a 60-80% connection strength.
I'm on windows 7.
do the antenna adapters/extenders that give a little length to put the antenna on the desktop really help? or is that just a gimmick? – v15 – 2010-07-27T21:23:39.677
@zm15 - depends on how far apart your pc is from the access point. If it's only 20 feet, unless you have a walk in cooler or server room between them or something it won't make a noticeable difference. Those boosters are for people that are at the edge of the operable range or get a lot of intereference. – JNK – 2010-07-27T23:47:05.590