[kwlug-disc] Tip: USB WiFi dongles

[Khalid Baheyeldin]

On 8/30/17, Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com> wrote:
> The problem with a "weak signal" is as much that the laptop WiFi
> doesn't have the oomph to transmit back to the access point.
> Increasing the signal strength on the router is likely to saturate the
> channel, making it even more difficult for a weak signal to be received.
>
> Better to see if there's a less congested WiFi channel, or change the
> antenna on the receiving device (which is what Khalid did, in the
> extreme).

No antenna. I never mentioned one.

Just a USB WiFi dongle, and boom! Problem solved.