<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br>Mo Awkati wrote:<br>>>> I have acquired (given to me :-) ) and installed a Belkin desktop<br>>>> wireless PCI card. It seems OK, but the signal strength is poor: about<br>>>> 50% most of the time . The card is wireless G while the router is N. I<br>>>> think that has something to do with it. There is a distance of only<br>>>> about 8 feet between the pc and the router, and no obstructions other<br>>>> than myself!!<br>>> <br>>> My parents have one of those Belkin PCI 54G cards, an F5D7001. The<br>>> reception was awful. I replaced it with a £12 one made by Edimax (it
was<br>>> sold by Efficient PC who sold Linux compatible hardware but have since<br>>> closed down) and the reception was 90% or so compared to 30% with the<br>>> Belkin. In my case the router was 54G too, it's the card itself which<br>>> was poor and under Windows you had to be an administrator to use it,<br>>> which I thought was stupid.<br>> <br>> Ah that explains it. I thought the person that gave it me was using it <br>> at quite a distance from the router; they also used windows. I will get <br>> a new one perhaps tomorrow and see what happens.<br><br>>If it's working and you can get a stable enough signal to get on the net <br>>reliably, then I wouldn't worry too much about getting a new one. The <br>>problem with my parents' one was that with a single plasterboard wall <br>>between the card and the router, the signal was mediocre at best and <br>>kept disconnecting. If you have that
problem then you'd do better to get <br>>another card.<br><br>>Regards,<br><br>>Adam Sweet<br><br><br>The connection speed is almost like dial up!!! I got one from Maplins and ndiswraper loads the driver and I can see the network and speed but can't associate the card with the router??? <br><br>Spent last couple of nights and this morning but no joy. Looked up ndiswrapper on Ubuntu still no progress. Tried instructions from the site again no joy. I have another problem now see my other post. :-(<br><br>Mo<br><br><br><br><br><br><br></div></div>
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