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mcharley94 · 05-01-2008, 10:12 AM

OK, I am back at this one again.

I went and bought the Hi-Gain™ USB Wireless-G Dish Adapter to see if this would do the trick. It improved the range but not quite enough to reach where it needs to. so what I did was purchase a TRIPP LITE 16 ft. Active Extension Cable and ran it through the wall which allowed me to mount the antenna on the other side of a steel wall. This has given me, not a great signal (about 25%), but at least it works. Thinking that maybe I was losing signal strength due to the length of the cord I brought the laptop out into the garage and pluged it in direct....no change in strength, so I guess it is what it is

Anyway, to get the Hawkings antenna to work I had to disable the built in Dell Wireless 1370 WLAN Mini PCI Card on this laptop, which presents a problem. There are times where the owner needs to access wireless elsewhere, such as the main building, or say even a coffe shop, but seeing as the Hawkings antenna is mounted in the garage and is cumbersome anyway, obviously this can't be toted along. I wouldn't think they should have to anyway, but maybe I am assuming too much?

So, my question is...can the built in Dell Wireless 1370 WLAN Mini PCI Card still be active along with the Hi-Gain™ USB Wireless-G Dish Adapter, and if so, why can't I seem to get it to work?

If it can, no doubt you will need more information from me regarding the configuration, but I had to start somewhere, right?

BTW, for some reason the link for the router in use, which is in my first post, takes you to an incorrect page so here is the right one...just on case. Netgear Router

05-01-2008, 10:12 AM	#3 (permalink)
mcharley94 Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Central Michigan Posts: 182 OS: XP Home SP3 / Vista Home Premium SP1 My System	Re: Extending Wireless Range OK, I am back at this one again. I went and bought the Hi-Gain™ USB Wireless-G Dish Adapter to see if this would do the trick. It improved the range but not quite enough to reach where it needs to. so what I did was purchase a TRIPP LITE 16 ft. Active Extension Cable and ran it through the wall which allowed me to mount the antenna on the other side of a steel wall. This has given me, not a great signal (about 25%), but at least it works. Thinking that maybe I was losing signal strength due to the length of the cord I brought the laptop out into the garage and pluged it in direct....no change in strength, so I guess it is what it is Anyway, to get the Hawkings antenna to work I had to disable the built in Dell Wireless 1370 WLAN Mini PCI Card on this laptop, which presents a problem. There are times where the owner needs to access wireless elsewhere, such as the main building, or say even a coffe shop, but seeing as the Hawkings antenna is mounted in the garage and is cumbersome anyway, obviously this can't be toted along. I wouldn't think they should have to anyway, but maybe I am assuming too much? So, my question is...can the built in Dell Wireless 1370 WLAN Mini PCI Card still be active along with the Hi-Gain™ USB Wireless-G Dish Adapter, and if so, why can't I seem to get it to work? If it can, no doubt you will need more information from me regarding the configuration, but I had to start somewhere, right? BTW, for some reason the link for the router in use, which is in my first post, takes you to an incorrect page so here is the right one...just on case. Netgear Router Last edited by mcharley94 : 05-01-2008 at 10:15 AM.