Posted on 09/11/2011 7:55:24 PM PDT by max americana
I love a good hack, especially one that requires me to throw back a cold one before hand (or during). This simple wifi boost has actually been shown to increase signal strength by at least 2 to 4 bars. And, well, I will drink to that.
These instructions came to me via The Chive and i think they are most definitely worth checking out. But here is the most important question: what kind of beer will you use?
For this project you are going to need scissors, a utility knife, some adhesive putty and an empty beer can. More than one empty beer can is acceptable but dont kid yourself, the router only needs the one.
The first step is to wash out your empty beer can, unless of course said beer is a can of Natural Light. If it is Naty Light, promptly go drink a better beer. You really should be ashamed of yourself.
Once the can has dried, you will want to remove its pull tab.
Only perform this next step if you have not been drinking. Using the utility knife, saw off the bottom of the can. Chances are your can will not have a red dotted line. If you see one, put down the knife youve had too much beer.
Youll notice in the above step that the cans pull tab has returned. Clearly, there are only two possible reasons for this. One, you are really drunk and you never removed the tab in the first place. Orthe more likely answerbeer cans can regenerate themselves.
How do I increase it by the router? I don’t drink beer lol.
Look for power setting or signal strength settings. On mine the default was 5 of 10. I left it there as that is enough.
I had a Linksys router that would let me do that.
You might also be able to select the channel the router transmits on. If you have a lot of wireless devices around you transmitting you might want to set it to a specific channel.
Your router manufacturer probably has a web page for all this info. What kind of router do you have.
Well, there is always that...
netgear, I’ll go the site and see if I can do it
That just made me squirm.
Well, to be fair, it DOES have foil stuck on the outside.
Breaking Technical News. Tex and I will need to borrow a beer can if Root Beer won’t work...
Now that I’ve had a minute to think about I’ll bet old Red Green came up with this long ago...
No problem, the kid next door has a front yard full of them!
My cellphone gets terrible reception when I am at home. I’ve been wondering if I couldn’t create some type of a dish or antenna of sorts that would pull in more signal and direct it to the phone.
I love Guinness, but it is absolutely awful in a can.
Found that the beer can needs to be on the opposite side of the antenna from my house to work better. [for me]
Also found that the SSID was stamped on the router, and the password is the serial number. Sure glad he put his router in the unlocked garage where I could get to it. He has got FIOS, so he won't miss a lick of bandwidth
/sarc
Curious which model Linksys/Cisco Router that is? Reason I ask is, I just purchased a e4200V2 Linksys. DOCSIS 3. Boosted my speeds considerably. Range? Will need to determine but seems good at the ranges used. Only had it a week.
That is a 4200. I found my problem though...In the settings for the two transmitters I had power setting on “auto” for the main transmitter. My networking professional neighbor changed the setting to 40hz permanently. It made a huge difference...
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