Comments on: Improve Wireless Range

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:45:58 +0000

I’ve heard hiding the SSID doesn’t help, since the notebook (or any wireless desktops) will broadcast the SSID while looking for it, so that spreads it far and wide, often beyond the range of the router itself. But I can’t say for sure that this is true or not.

By: Nick

Nick — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 11:30:50 +0000

You’re right; I should probably make that warning a bit clearer. By the way, does hiding the SSID help matters any?

By: hrm

hrm — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 07:45:11 +0000

Not worry anyone who uses this advise, but MAC address filtering is FAR from secure, i can find out a mac address and change my adapters adress in less than 5 mins, and then i just re-boot and im connected.

By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 16:55:04 +0000

this is a great article.. im trying to improve my girlfriends wireless network as she often has dropped connections in her room or weak signals.. ive tried lots of things including buying a new 7db antenna which made no difference.. hopefully changing her WEP security or wireless channel might just give her that extra boost! Thanks.