That depends on the make-up of your house and how many walls the signal is having to go through, and what those walls are made of, and whether there is any signal interference, and the angle of the moon in relation to your router, etc. Theoretically, at 15 feet you should be getting a decent signal, but those other things I mentioned are important. If you're not getting a good signal, try changing channels and see if that improves things. You may also try moving the router to a central point in your house, and try to place it somewhere up high. If the make-up of your house ends up being the problem, then you may have to purchase a signal repeater to boost your signal strength. Good luck.
PS. You didn't say what frequency your wireless was, but make sure you don't have any cordless phones that transmit at the same frequency. Those can cause a substantial amount of interference with your wireless signal, and the best solution is to get a new phone.
Scott
Dell Inspiron 5150 Notebook Pentium 4 3.6 GHZ w/HT 512 MB Ram, 60 GB HD @ 7200 RPM 64 MB GeForce FX, UXGA Windows XP Pro (Wireless)
Message Edited by MemphisTF13 on 12-31-2003 10:51 AM
I'm pretty sure that 802.11b transmits on 2.4ghz, so that could be part of the problem. You could unplug your cordless phones and see if that improves your signal. Going through two walls shouldn't be too much of a problem, but that will depend on what is inside those walls, i.e. insulation, steel, drywall, and thickness...and that varies house to house. If that doesn't fix it, then my previous suggestions about moving the router and/or purchasing a repeater come into play. There may also be some higher grade aftermarket antennas that you could purchase for that router, but I can't recommend any. I've just heard of it being done successfully in the past. Hope that helps some.
Scott
Message Edited by MemphisTF13 on 01-03-2004 11:54 PM
Hi, i am connected wirelessly with my laptop, and the router is on the PC.. i wanted to know if it will be possible to map network drive without any more connection (network cable), please reply.... with the method..
You can use your existing wireless connection to share drives. You will just need to create a workgroup, name them the same thing on each computer, then enable file sharing between the two computers. Then just enable sharing for whichever drive that you want to share. If you are running a firewall on either computer, you will also need to configure the firewall to allow the computers to communicate with each other. Hope that helps.
I tried creating a workgroup but it said it couldn't locate the computer... and i do not know how to look for the IP Address. so can u please tell me where to find the IP address?
You need to make sure that you have the same Protocol (language) installed on both computers, either TCP/IP or Netbios, and that both computers have the same Workgroup name. The router should be assigning your computers their IP addresses, so you could either check the routers web configuration utility and see who your DHCP clients are, or you can go to Start, Run, and type Command, hit enter, and type IPCONFIG at the DOS prompt and it will show you the computers IP address. Also make sure that you have file sharing or printer sharing, or both, enabled on the computer whose resources you are wanting to share. You should have to log into Windows with a name and password if this is enabled, and this is called Client for Microsoft Networks. If you are using XP, you will need to disable the Internet Connection Firewall on the computers you are trying to share. You can do this by right clicking on your Local Network Connection, select Properties, and choose the Advanced Tab and remove the checkmark from the firewall. Let me know if that works.
MemphisTF13
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December 31st, 2003 14:00
Lucasm,
That depends on the make-up of your house and how many walls the signal is having to go through, and what those walls are made of, and whether there is any signal interference, and the angle of the moon in relation to your router, etc. Theoretically, at 15 feet you should be getting a decent signal, but those other things I mentioned are important. If you're not getting a good signal, try changing channels and see if that improves things. You may also try moving the router to a central point in your house, and try to place it somewhere up high. If the make-up of your house ends up being the problem, then you may have to purchase a signal repeater to boost your signal strength. Good luck.
PS. You didn't say what frequency your wireless was, but make sure you don't have any cordless phones that transmit at the same frequency. Those can cause a substantial amount of interference with your wireless signal, and the best solution is to get a new phone.
Scott
Dell Inspiron 5150 Notebook
Pentium 4 3.6 GHZ w/HT
512 MB Ram, 60 GB HD @ 7200 RPM
64 MB GeForce FX, UXGA
Windows XP Pro (Wireless)
Message Edited by MemphisTF13 on 12-31-2003 10:51 AM
lucasm12
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December 31st, 2003 15:00
Hi Scott
The router is a dell 2300 802.11 b/g. It goes through 2 walls. The cordless phones are 2.4 giga hz
MemphisTF13
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December 31st, 2003 22:00
I'm pretty sure that 802.11b transmits on 2.4ghz, so that could be part of the problem. You could unplug your cordless phones and see if that improves your signal. Going through two walls shouldn't be too much of a problem, but that will depend on what is inside those walls, i.e. insulation, steel, drywall, and thickness...and that varies house to house. If that doesn't fix it, then my previous suggestions about moving the router and/or purchasing a repeater come into play. There may also be some higher grade aftermarket antennas that you could purchase for that router, but I can't recommend any. I've just heard of it being done successfully in the past. Hope that helps some.
Scott
Message Edited by MemphisTF13 on 01-03-2004 11:54 PM
lucasm12
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January 2nd, 2004 19:00
Thanks for the help,Scott
Mark
osazuwa
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January 4th, 2004 02:00
Hi, i am connected wirelessly with my laptop, and the router is on the PC.. i wanted to know if it will be possible to map network drive without any more connection (network cable), please reply.... with the method..
thanks..
osazuwa
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January 4th, 2004 02:00
15ft is a very good distance.. i even take my laptop outside and get good reception.. so, if it isn't working properly, i think u should return it...
MemphisTF13
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January 4th, 2004 03:00
Osazuwa,
You can use your existing wireless connection to share drives. You will just need to create a workgroup, name them the same thing on each computer, then enable file sharing between the two computers. Then just enable sharing for whichever drive that you want to share. If you are running a firewall on either computer, you will also need to configure the firewall to allow the computers to communicate with each other. Hope that helps.
Scott
osazuwa
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January 4th, 2004 20:00
hi Scott.
I tried creating a workgroup but it said it couldn't locate the computer... and i do not know how to look for the IP Address. so can u please tell me where to find the IP address?
MemphisTF13
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January 5th, 2004 02:00
osazuwa
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January 5th, 2004 13:00
MemphisTF13
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January 6th, 2004 00:00
I appreciate you letting me know the outcome. I'm glad everything worked. And you're welcome.
Scott