Fleepin bad luck again...

[diluzio91]

So i was shocked and angry to find my computer skipping (again) today... its about 90*f here... and i had an idea... Maybe my wireless card was acting naughty.... lo and behold... i pull it, and i stop my freezing issues... even the lockups in game... so i currently have my laptop linked to my desktop... ICS for the win... and am trying to decide if i should get a USB wifi or another pcie wifi antenna... If i get a USB antenna i can move it a few feet closer to the router and possibly get a better signal... N is a must though, as my "g" laptop barely gets signal in my room... and barely == spotty... Chime in guys, cheap is good, as when i go into my apartment at the end of august i'm running gigabit directly from my router...

[Fuganater]

What kind of router do you have? If it has extrenal antennas then you can probably buy higher gain ones and get more signal.

Must be an old laptop to not have built in WiFi. 8+ years?

[diluzio91]

What kind of router do you have? If it has extrenal antennas then you can probably buy higher gain ones and get more signal.

Must be an old laptop to not have built in WiFi. 8+ years?

Lol. no, it has built in wifi, its just limited to G signal...

at this house we have a router similar to this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833124277

its got dual band and gigabit though.

[Cale_Hagan]

get a wireless n usb with the standard sma jack..... thats what i have. i have this one, and its amazing

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833166027&cm_re=rosewill_n_usb-_-33-166-027-_-Product :banana:

they also make nano size n dongles now

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833166052

but i would go with first, unless on the go alot.

[diluzio91]

nope, this is going in my desktop. I'll add it into my order. now my graphics card is deactivated... =(

[dr.walrus]

someone needs a drill and a spool of cat5...

[diluzio91]

and a floor that isnt owned by their parents. lol

[Twigsoffury]

and a floor that isnt owned by their parents. lol

ain't no shame with snaking a cable from one computer, behind the tables, over the closet door, around the corner up the stairs, around a few more corners and upto your table.

[mDust]

and a floor that isnt owned by their parents. lol
Walls are easier to patch. You can also get a nifty faceplate to make it look professional.

[diluzio91]

Lol... I can imagine this conversation. "Mom? Can I put hardline cat6 in the walls?"
Mom: blank stare...

Dan: Blank stare...

Mom: You want to put cats in our wall?

Dan: How would you do that?

Me: Well I just take a drill a-

Both: NO.

[mDust]

Lol... I can imagine this conversation. "Mom? Can I put hardline cat6 in the walls?"
Mom: blank stare...

Dan: Blank stare...

Mom: You want to put cats in our wall?

Dan: How would you do that?

Me: Well I just take a drill a-

Both: NO.

Lol. I'm trying to picture what they would be imagining...it's frightening what happens to the cats. You end up in jail for doing it...

I'd argue that a decent internet connection is worth it though.

[BuzzKillington]

lmao

[dr.walrus]

I grew up with an IT consultant father... I can't empathise, but I can sympathise!

[dr.walrus]

http://www.heyokay.com/images/feed%20me%20a%20stray%20cat.jpg