Wireless

[Anselmo]

I found a spare interior antenna in my house. Because it's not needed, i was thinking in use it in my computer wireless adapter.
Is this possible? Or do i have to buy a better antenna for my adapter?

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Do you have a wireless internet connection? WiFi?

[Joshh97]

Wait? Computer or laptop? If your internet is slow then just buy a PCI Wireless Card with like 300MB/s.

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Wait? Computer or laptop? If your internet is slow then just buy a PCI Wireless Card with like 300MB/s.

If his connection is slow, i.e his internet speed, then buying a wireless n card thats 300mb/s still wont speed anything up

[Anselmo]

It's a Laptop, and i don't want to speed up the internet connection, i just want to increase my wireless signal range

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Make sure your router isnt near any wireless phones, microwaves, mobile phones, any other wireless devices.

[Anselmo]

Make sure your router isnt near any wireless phones, microwaves, mobile phones, any other wireless devices.

Now i'm lost....

My question is can i use a Tv antenna as a wireless antenna in my laptop???

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Now i'm lost....

My question is can i use a Tv antenna as a wireless antenna in my laptop???

short answer... no.

Your laptop would need to have a coxial port in order to do that

most of them.. dont.

[Anselmo]

short answer... no.

Your laptop would need to have a coxial port in order to do that

most of them.. dont.

Even with a USB adapter, if i change the RF connector from the antenna to a rp-sma conector

[TheMatrix]

No matter what you do, it won't be possible to use a TV antenna as a WiFi antenna. Not only do the adapters not exist(although making one wouldn't bee too hard), but they're completely different types. Try using a video cable as your power cord. That won't work.
Or if you have satellite television, try unplugging the satellite and plugging in that TV antenna instead. That won't work either.

What you'll probably need to do is buy a better antenna from somewhere.

[Anselmo]

Try using a video cable as your power cord. That won't work.


It's possible but it will not last long if you're using a powerful appliance.

Anyway, thanks for clarify my doubts.

[Joshh97]

It's possible but it will not last long if you're using a powerful appliance.

Anyway, thanks for clarify my doubts.

^-' what ever you say dude.

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It's possible but it will not last long if you're using a powerful appliance.

Anyway, thanks for clarify my doubts.

not sure if serious...

[TheMatrix]

It's possible but it will not last long if you're using a powerful appliance.
It was a related example to show how it wouldn't work.

^-' what ever you say dude.
If you're not going to contribute, please don't post.

[Silicate Wielder]

Lol I only get a 32kb/s connection but you may have to modify the antenna a little before you can use it for Wi-Fi. also the strongest Wifi connection has a range of 50 miles, I sure would like something like that :) then I could supply the entire town with Wi-FI XD

[Rayquaza]

In a simple answer; No. It will not work.

[Anselmo]

In a simple answer; No. It will not work.

i've searched and if the value of the capacitor remains the same i can use a TV antenna.

[TheMatrix]

i've searched and if the value of the capacitor remains the same i can use a TV antenna.
What you said there shows that you don't know what it means. The first google hit doesn't always give you the answer, sadly.
What capacitor? Where is it located? What is its function?

[Anselmo]

What you said there shows that you don't know what it means. The first google hit doesn't always give you the answer, sadly.
What capacitor? Where is it located? What is its function?

I didn't searched on google, electronic is one of the areas i know the most...
Do you know how an antenna works?
The capacitor is used to "isolate" the frequency that we want to receive (when you tune a radio you're changing the value of a variable capacitor), if the capacitor in a wireles receiver only let electromagnetic waves with 2.4 GHz be received, so a TV antenna is expected to work, but i'm not 100% sure

[anonymous53]

I didn't searched on google, electronic is one of the areas i know the most...
Do you know how an antenna works?
The capacitor is used to "isolate" the frequency that we want to receive (when you tune a radio you're changing the value of a variable capacitor), if the capacitor in a wireles receiver only let electromagnetic waves with 2.4 GHz be received, so a TV antenna is expected to work, but i'm not 100% sure

It's not going to work. That is all.

[TheMatrix]

I didn't searched on google, electronic is one of the areas i know the most...
Okay man.

Do you know how an antenna works?
I do know how an antenna works.

The capacitor is used to "isolate" the frequency that we want to receive (when you tune a radio you're changing the value of a variable capacitor), if the capacitor in a wireles receiver only let electromagnetic waves with 2.4 GHz be received, so a TV antenna is expected to work, but i'm not 100% sure
That's all full and well -- you're right on the capacitor bit -- but that's not going to save you. It's the antenna itself. Sure, the electronics are a big part of it, but what it boils down to is the "metal-thingy" that actually receives the signal. Look at the designs of those. You will notice a difference on the inside of the antenna.

In programming context, that would be like saying "well, I can change this file browser into a solitaire game by simply changing the 145th line of code.

[Anselmo]

Okay man.


I do know how an antenna works.


That's all full and well -- you're right on the capacitor bit -- but that's not going to save you. It's the antenna itself. Sure, the electronics are a big part of it, but what it boils down to is the "metal-thingy" that actually receives the signal. Look at the designs of those. You will notice a difference on the inside of the antenna.

In programming context, that would be like saying "well, I can change this file browser into a solitaire game by simply changing the 145th line of code.

Thank you...that was the explanation i needed!!