Network adapter recommendations needed

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Assuming D-link hasn't really screwed me over with this 1.21A firmware on the DGL4500 and I can keep that router and count on it...this is a big if...I'm currently using their DWA160 USB adapter for the computer that's two floors away from the router and I simply have never been very confident or satisfied with its performance. It's awfully fickle. Now I realize being two floors away from the router and all that I shouldn't expect miracles but shy of moving the computer closer to the router, which I wish I could do but simply can't...can I do any better than what I've got?

Would a change in adapters to one with antennas, like the DWA 552 or 556, be any better?

I'm not married to any one brand, either. I have no brand loyalty or preference whatsoever.


Maybe MOCA is an option for me? I'll do what it takes. I wish I could move that computer closer to the router but it just isn't viable at present.
 
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I'm currently using their DWA160 USB adapter for the computer that's two floors away from the router and I simply have never been very confident or satisfied with its performance.
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Cliff notes? Seriously though without spending the rest of my life reading all those posts what exactly is the issue? You realize of course that WAPs with omnidirectional antennas send out signal in a toroidal plane, i.e. a donut, of around 12° on the Z-axis. If you are two floors away from the WAP you probably are on the edge of the cell which would account for the shoddy connectivity.

Buy a yagi antenna and point it at your host using a decent WAP. Then get rid of the USB adapter and get a PCI card with an external antenna as well.
 
mattjw916 said:
Cliff notes? Seriously though without spending the rest of my life reading all those posts what exactly is the issue? You realize of course that WAPs with omnidirectional antennas send out signal in a toroidal plane, i.e. a donut, of around 12° on the Z-axis. If you are two floors away from the WAP you probably are on the edge of the cell which would account for the shoddy connectivity.

Buy a yagi antenna and point it at your host using a decent WAP. Then get rid of the USB adapter and get a PCI card with an external antenna as well.
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^^ You got the idea. That's the kind of advice I'm looking for. Any recommendations along those lines? :)
 
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