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>> That's a good idea, but I'm actually able to pick up the difficult |
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>> AP's with the same dongle when its normal omnidirectional antenna is |
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>> attached instead of the strong directional one. Could a failing |
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>> antenna exhibit this behavior? |
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> I'm extremely sceptical of these cheap external aerials. If it were an |
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> expensive one from a specialist supplier then I might have higher |
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> expectations, but I'm pretty sure a customer of mine used one similar to |
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> yours, and they used to use a book to balance it at an angle to try & get |
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> reception. This was between offices on adjacent floors, almost one right |
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> above the other (surely less than 20' sideways). |
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> If this is important to you, look at building your own directional aerial - |
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> there are plans on various "guerilla wifi" sites, and it seems like it's not |
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> hard to build an aerial which will get you very good results indeed. |
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> Stroller. |
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Can you recommend a specialist supplier, especially in the US? |
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- Grant |
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