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Boosting a Wi-Fi Signal?

Asked by PIXEL (1233points) September 21st, 2008

I found out that putting a cell phone next to your antenna actually improves your Wi-Fi signal? What else boosts your wi-fi?

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iwamoto's avatar

pringles can

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PIXEL's avatar

Just beside it or connected with some sort of wire or something?

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PIXEL's avatar

Alright Thanks

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aanuszek1's avatar

Ah, the good old cantenna!

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MrBlogger's avatar

I’m definitely going to try my cell phone now.

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shadling21's avatar

Wooo I’d never tried any of this before. Thanks people!

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lercio's avatar

And there’s the parabolic types like this ..
http://www.freeantennas.com/projects/template/index.html

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tWrex's avatar

Cantenna is sweet. You can also adjust the power settings in your routers firmware or grab a better ranged antenna.

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