[Wylug-discuss] Laptop and wireless questions

[Anne Wilson]

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On Friday 22 Jul 2005 11:13, you wrote:
> > I'm new to the world of laptops.   I need to run some software that is
> > dongle-protected, and it doesn't work under win4lin (tried it on my
> > workstation), so I have to keep windows.
>
> Tried VMWare?
>
No - if it had just been software I might have been tempted, but it's a bit
pricey where the likelihood of it handling the dongle is not that great.

> [weak wifi]
>
> > Is there such a thing as a signal booster?  If so,
> > where would it sit in the lan?
>
> There are a couple of different types - some take Ethernet up the bum
> and are "just another access point" - they go anywhere you can run the
> etherstrand. Others just "eavesdrop" the current wifi and retransmit it
> via a second Radio setup (these sit where signal is week, but strong
> enough for the device to detect - these things often have bigger than
> average antennas) - you need to give them the wifi one the appropriate
> security details (WEP, etc) so it can join the current LAN, of course. I
> believe apple airports can do this.... BICBW
>
It's not really a weak signal - I can get a medium-strength signal in the
summer house at the far end of the garden, but the walls dampen it too much
when it has to go through three of those thick ones.

When you talk about a "second Radio setup" do you mean attached to a computer?
Sorry if this sounds niaive - I am clueless in the world of Radio.  There is
one room that gets a weak signal that could be used as the link, I think.

Anne
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