Jeez.

[llcoolvad]

I am such a lazy moron sometimes! I've been having wifi connectivity issues in my bedroom since I moved in here. Prior to this evening, my signal strength was commonly between 35% and 50%. Occasionally would get as high as 60%. Mostly would disconnect sporadically. And I have the spiffy new monitor, so I like to sit at my desk now.

Our apartment is in a big old Victorian with really thick walls, a giant chimney, pipes everywhere, and our added problem of really tall bookcases. Not a signal paradise! But I got to thinking, maybe if I could put another antenna/something right in the sight line of my desk, I might have better luck.



After having hours of issues last night and being hugely peeved, today I went to Microcenter on my lunch hour and bought a repeater. Or, more specifically, a Hi-Gain Wireless-G Range Extender.

Tonight, after two hours on the phone with Hawking Technology tech support somewhere in Mumbai, I have signal strength of 100%!! Should have done this months and months ago! Why do I procrastinate??

ETA:

Aw yeah. 100%!

Comments

[ozymandiasism.livejournal.com]

God bless powerpoint... and...

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[llcoolvad.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's not like I'll ever forget that RGB value. Ever. Clearly you haven't!!

[p-j-cleary.livejournal.com]

I love that you procrastinate forever about getting a wireless signal, but when you do get a good signal, you don't procrastinate about creating a to-scale map of your house to tell us all about it!

ALT + 0151 forever, man!!

[llcoolvad.livejournal.com]

Ha! Actually, I'd created that earlier in the day (while waiting for my database to process!) because the guy in Microcenter figured it wouldn't help, so I was going to ask the community at large; but then it worked, so I didn't need to. I should go back to Microcenter and find the guy and say nyah nyah...