Wireless boost

garv221

http://www.break.com/index/how_to_boost_wireless_signal.html

Ricka182

pretty cool....

KGhaleon

Sounds more like a hoax. ^^
Interesting, regardless.

KG

JDMurray

If anyone believed that was real *AND* has a CWNA certification, you can just tear up that cert and hang your head in shame as you ask yourself, "how is an Ethernet cable plugged into a NIC suppose to act like a Wi-Fi antenna?"


Search digg.com for "Mark Erickson" to find out more about his "ever-so-phony" yet "ever-so-real" tech videos.

TechJunky

Ahh, I totally believed every word. He is so convincing! I mean why wouldn't a network cable increase wifi? It totally makes sense. I mean you plug in a wired connection and magically your wireless connection gets better.... Sounds logical to me.

sprkymrk

TechJunky wrote:

Ahh, I totally believed every word. He is so convincing! I mean why wouldn't a network cable increase wifi? It totally makes sense. I mean you plug in a wired connection and magically your wireless connection gets better.... Sounds logical to me.

And it works even better if the LAN cable happens to be yellow or white rather than blue or red. The lighter color doesn't create as much heat, slowing things down. Also make sure the cable doesn't have any kinks that may impede the flow of molecules...

theseman

I actually think that fiber is the ideal cable for this, since it has such an abundance of bandwidth. I went and bought 1km of single mode fiber and wow, I get wiress networks like you wouldn't beleive!!!!!

Slowhand

That's a pretty funny video. Reminds me of those old infomercials for "cell phone signal boosters" you'd put behind your battery, and your cell phone would magically work in tunnels and in out-of-service areas.

(Wonder if we'll see that Oxy Clean guy or Tony Little doing videos like this?)

crap I forgot my old pwd

Tony Little better pitch in. Didn't you know that oxy clean makes your antenna cleaner and thus makes your signal cleaner?

Slowhand

Yup. Use Oxy-Clean to put a nice shine on your WiFi antennae, and then I like to drink a bottle of Windex so I don't run around without any clothes on.