I recently bought a PC from Marx Computers with a wireless card (the 802.11n type) to access the Internet.
I find that I can access the Internet with the wireless card if the modem (supplied by Eircom) is in the same room as the PC or in an adjacent room but if I move the PC to an office outside the rear of the house (so that the PC and the modem are separated by with two brick walls and two wooden walls over a distance of 16 m), I have no Internet access.
Moving the PC back to the house is not an option as there is no suitable location in the house for a desktop PC. And moving the modem to the same outside office as the PC is not an option as when the PC and modem were in that office and connected by cable, Internet access was slow or non-existent and we were advised by Eircom that "something was eating into the signal from the entry point at the front of the house to the modem in the outside office" and that we should move move the modem as close as possible to that entry point. Since then, Internet access has been excellent using a laptop in a room adjacent to the second location of the modem.
But I still need to access the Internet with my PC from that outside office.
I have come across guidelines such as
http://www.wikihow.com/Boost-a-Router-Signal
Such guides offer several suggestions - Home Plug adapters, installing an access point, replacing the antenna on the modem and installing a repeater Other home-made options - such as fitting a dish covered in tin foil to the antenna - are suggested. Does anyone have experience of these options?
And who is the best retailer for providing the accessory I need - Marx, where I bought the PC or Peats or someone else?
Any advice would be greatly apparicated.
I find that I can access the Internet with the wireless card if the modem (supplied by Eircom) is in the same room as the PC or in an adjacent room but if I move the PC to an office outside the rear of the house (so that the PC and the modem are separated by with two brick walls and two wooden walls over a distance of 16 m), I have no Internet access.
Moving the PC back to the house is not an option as there is no suitable location in the house for a desktop PC. And moving the modem to the same outside office as the PC is not an option as when the PC and modem were in that office and connected by cable, Internet access was slow or non-existent and we were advised by Eircom that "something was eating into the signal from the entry point at the front of the house to the modem in the outside office" and that we should move move the modem as close as possible to that entry point. Since then, Internet access has been excellent using a laptop in a room adjacent to the second location of the modem.
But I still need to access the Internet with my PC from that outside office.
I have come across guidelines such as
http://www.wikihow.com/Boost-a-Router-Signal
Such guides offer several suggestions - Home Plug adapters, installing an access point, replacing the antenna on the modem and installing a repeater Other home-made options - such as fitting a dish covered in tin foil to the antenna - are suggested. Does anyone have experience of these options?
And who is the best retailer for providing the accessory I need - Marx, where I bought the PC or Peats or someone else?
Any advice would be greatly apparicated.