Recommend me a wifi adapter

[maviczap]

I'd used Homeplugs instead of WiFi adaptors, depends what you're going to do with Wifi.

Although Homeplugs will blow your budget

[flymo]

Originally Posted by 1210tech

cheers flymo, our posts crossed, I looked at those but couldn't figure out if you could use it just as a receiver.

Just using the built-in wifi I get two bars of signal in the kitchen but if I move into the living room, less than 2 meters further, the signal drops all together

Yep, that unit can be set in repeater mode. You configure it to connect to the 'parent' wifi network and then this gets repeated as new networks, more than one if you wish using your own wifi network SSID name.

If you are getting a 2 bar wifi signal already then this will boost that to full strength. Brilliant bit of equipment for the price.

If your Mac/PC already has a wifi capability then it will be fine for use with this Edimax unit, no need to alter it.

[flymo]

Originally Posted by maviczap

I'd used Homeplugs instead of WiFi adaptors, depends what you're going to do with Wifi.

Although Homeplugs will blow your budget

Also assumes that both properties are connected over the same electrical installation.

[maviczap]

Originally Posted by flymo

Also assumes that both properties are connected over the same electrical installation.

Yes, good point

[flymo]

Originally Posted by maviczap

Yes, good point

Bizarrely, sometimes it does work. I guess adjacent properties do often connect to the grid over shared cabling. I diagnosed a problem recently whereby two separate properties managed to get onto the same network using Powerline adapters that just happened to use the same encryption key.

[maviczap]

Wierd!

Originally Posted by flymo

Bizarrely, sometimes it does work. I guess adjacent properties do often connect to the grid over shared cabling. I diagnosed a problem recently whereby two separate properties managed to get onto the same network using Powerline adapters that just happened to use the same encryption key.

Surely the chances of that happening should be several billion to one against?

[flymo]

Originally Posted by DJFridge

Surely the chances of that happening should be several billion to one against?

No, not really. Just two neighbours buying the same PowerLine equipment that has a poorly implemented default encryption key system, think of it like the default passwords that used to come configured on older wifi routers.

Its rarely the encryption algorithm, often just poor implementation procedures that introduce weakness.

Figures, I guess a lot of people leave the default passwords