I know it sounds completely silly, but is there a way to combine two wireless cards (My Microsoft MN-730 and my Linksys USB Network Adapter with OMFG SPEEDBOOSTER) into one signal? I'm leeching from a network in my complex, but the signal is shit. The router is a WRT54G, and both of my devices are G as well. So, argh.
Alternatively, any good DIY antennas that I can screw into my MS card?
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Anonymous2006-10-25 0:11
If I understand you right, you want to combine the signal 'strength' of each card to go from two weak signals to one strong one? No, you can't do that. (Well, you CAN, but not easily, and it comes at a heavy resource cost for minimal gain in reliability.) If you had two okay signals, you could combine them to get double the bandwidth, via something called "load balancing", but unless you've got a fast system (disks, processor) and an internet connection faster than the individual wireless cards' speed, it's pointless.
What you want to do has a $10 simple solution, but I'm not telling you because you're a criminal in my book.
Although I'm a criminal, I'd certainly pay for the access if possible. I'm just at a very low point right now, having just moved out. I know that's no excuse ("Most people just have to deal without."), but it's better than just leeching because I don't want to pay.
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Anonymous2006-10-25 8:24
get a WRT54GL and some nice antennas. It will run you about $120 all told but you'll never be without Internets again