"Barbara Chambers" <barbarachamb***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:d0cvb3$9bh$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk...
> For around a year I have connected to the internet using a Linksys Instant
> Wireless 802.11b little wireless dongle at my house which in turn connects
> to a cheapo Origo 8210 wireless router with built in modem which sits at
> my
> mums house. (around 20 metres away)
>
> It has worked brilliantly (hanging the dongle up near the window!) all
> this
> time with the occasional drop in connection which I expected from this
> distance and number of walls in the way.
>
> Today I tried to connect and I cant seem to see any networks from my house
> (I can normally see 3) yet when I take the dongle to mums house and try
> and
> connect a little closer to the router it works fine. I'm not sure why it
> seems to have lost its ability to "go the distance" but it has.
>
> I think I should replace the dongle and was thinking of a wireless access
> point so I could keep the "broken" dongle and use it with a laptop but
> want
> one that *either* has a reputation for working over a longer distance than
> others *or* one that has the ability to have an antenna of sorts plugged
> into it.
>
> Could anyone recommend anything that would help me?
>
> Many thanks for your help
>
> Regards
>
> Barbara Chambers
>
>