There are a couple of universities nearby home with wi-fi access, but can only use the service if I am closer. Is there an antenna one can hook up to my PC ??
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There are a couple of universities nearby home with wi-fi access, but can only use the service if I am closer. Is there an antenna one can hook up to my PC ??
there are wireless cards out there that have much greater range, but you'll pay a couple hundred for them...
I'd just buy a linksys wap and a bigger antenna for it. Should only cost you $100 or so... Then you can put it in bridge mode and attach your entire network to their access point [img]smile.gif[/img]
just jam a coat hanger into the side of you PC...that should work
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Don't forget to wrap a role and a half of aluminum foil around that hanger, that'll surely increase the range.Quote:
Originally posted by Mr. Yac:
just jam a coat hanger into the side of you PC...that should work
you guys aren't really that far off [img]wink.gif[/img]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1860241.stm
so is this what makes it so you can get online anywhere? if so whats the monthly cost on something like that
or just get a wireless router and let other people with wireless capacbilities use your stuff for free! [img]tongue.gif[/img]
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">a pringles can? Doesn't work that great when you're mobile... You've talking about these, and it's still around $80 a month i think, plus you gotta spend a couple hundred on the card...Quote:
Originally posted by Chaserfan:
so is this what makes it so you can get online anywhere? if so whats the monthly cost on something like that
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/b...ction=mpRemote
only reason i have it is cuz work's paying for it...
So.....where are the specs for the chips can ? I want to know if I can grab the signals at home.
Or maybe I need a BIG garbage can [img]tongue.gif[/img]
I'd love to just be able to take the internet on my lap top anywhere I go. dont just want to be at home to use it. I want it every where! hope it becomes more available and less expensive soon
surprisingly i don't use it as much as even i'd expect... it's kind of a hassle to haul around the laptop everywhere, and even when i have it with me, it's a pain just getting it out of the case and turning it on...
But when i need it, it's nice to have... I'd rather have my PDA be able to get that service though...
carry it like a note book, no case and under your arm.
hell when I go to daughters softball games when she's not up I could be on it.
If I went to church I could be on it
doctors offices I could be on it
out sitting in a park I could be on it
school events where your kid is doing something but they make you sit through a pta meeting for 2 hours before your kid comes on I could use it
boring weddings I could use it
get togethers with people my wife works for where I dont know anyone and dont even want to go I could use it
sitting outside the changing room when the wife trys on massive amounts of clothes she will not buy I could use it.
buying a new car when the salesman blabs on and then has to walk out and "talk to the manager" (yeh, right) I could use it
make water-proof and I could sit in my hot tub for hours oh how I could use it
there are sooooo many ways I can see being able to be on the internet all the time would just kick ass. Hell sign me up when they route one in your brain, just so I get a good connection!
I don't know chaser, I don't want to be a slave of technology. I just use the net at the office, at home and on traveling biz. But I don't want to have it all day with me. In fact, I am surfing less and less these days.....
i'd be all over wireless cranial internet access...
screw knowledge... gimme the distraction! All the crap i could buy!!!
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">We talked about that in Chicago. Imagine, all that knowledge at your brain's fingertips.Quote:
Originally posted by Joranthalus:
i'd be all over wireless cranial internet access...
[img]graemlins/hmmm.gif[/img] Well...if your brain had any fingers the knowledge would be at it's tips. [img]wink.gif[/img]