Range/pt
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WiFi networks have limited range. A typical WiFi home router using 802.11b or 802.11g with a stock antenna might have a range of 32 m (120 ft) indoors and 95 m (300 ft) outdoors. Range also varies with frequency band. WiFi in the 2.4 GHz frequency block has slightly better range than WiFi in the 5 GHz frequency block.
Outdoor range with improved (directional) antennas can be hundreds of meters with line-of-sight.
Here you can find some tips and tricks to improve the range of your Fonera or any other WiFi router
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Improve Range & Signal Quality
The signal quality is affected by many factors. Other WiFi signals, other non WiFi wireless devices, powerlines, even humidity and the different vegetation density in summer and winter. If you have a unstable or week WiFi signal, or think the range could be better, try out the following things...
Change WiFi channel
Log into the Management Console of your La Fonera and go to 'Advanced > Wireless Settings' and change the channel. Normally the La Fonera works in automatic mode, that means it will try to select the channel with less interferences available. In some cases it may be better to select a channel manually.
With a tool like 'Netstumbler' (or iStumbler for MacOS X) you get an overview of the signals used by other WiFi router in your area. Choose one with few other router using the same frequency - the best are 11,1 and 6 - in that order.
Place the La Fonera or Fontenna wisely
The place and the way you install your La Fonera or Fontenna greatly influence its range.
- More information on how to place your La Fonera
- More information on how to place your Fontenna
Troubleshooting
If the range of your La Fonera is abnormally low or you often get disconnected here is a few things you can check
Test with other WiFi devices
Did you try out with more than one WiFi device? Please, check out, if the problem also exits with other PC's/Notebook's to see, if it's a specific problem with your device.
Opções de poupança de energia do seu adaptador Wi-Fi
Desactive a opção de poupança de energia do seu adaptador Wi-Fi. Alguns adaptadores Wi-Fi têm problemas com os dois sinais da La Fonera usando esta opção.
Problems only with the encrypted 'MyPlace' signal
Try changing Authentication and Cypher under Private WiFi. In most cases the following settings should work well:
Authentication > WPA/WPA2 mixed
Cypher > mixed
Check also the setting of you WiFi adapter to make them fit to the La Fonera ones.
Software malicioso
Certifica-te, que o teu PC não está infectado por um software malicioso.
