Wi-Fi Signal Booster

the products i know of would not plug into your computer, but would plug into the wall and boost the wireless signal available, almost all the manufacturers make these products so you would just have to find out the router maker (some times they conflict, belkin tends to not like linksys, i know this because we just went through this process extending the wireless throughout my house) they do require some setup so you might need to be in contact with the person running the wireless network in your neighborhood to coordinate the signal boost

Also... signal boosters are really extenders. They can't actually give you a stronger signal than they get. If there is someplace you can put the booster where it gets a strong signal, it will be able to provide that stronger signal to your MacBook. But... the signal you get will only be as strong as the signal you booster can get.

Get a wireless ethernet bridge.

Its cable plugs into your ethernet port, but allows you more freedom on where to place the unit (and its antenna). Limited only by the length of the ethernet cable between it and your computer.

" almost all the

manufacturers make these products so you would just
have to find out the router maker (some times they
conflict, belkin tends to not like linksys, i know
this because we just went through this process
extending the wireless throughout my house)"

I bought my macbook last January and for at least the first 3 months my signal was booming and I was surfing the intenet at a very good pace. The last month I was able to connect I was using a network called 'belkin54g' and even now I get a very strong signal from belkin, but cannot connect at all. None of the other networks work either and as a result, I'm not able to connect from my home.

Strikes me as odd, but I wondering what I need to do to connect. I have a DSL connection from my desk-top, do I need to get a router from my ISP? Or from Apple? Or will any old router do?

Any suggestions would be helpful, I would surely like to have internet access from my home.

You haven't considered the Airport Express at all, have you?

My suggestion would be to invest in your own internet connection.

Generally speaking any wired or wireless router would let you share your DSL connection with your two computers.

Your access to your neighbors' connections probably doesn't work anymore because they have implemented password protection or security protocols.

yea, hes complaining cuse hes leeching when the signal is weak

for those who said they have been leeching and the signal is there but they cant really connect or access anything once connected, usually what happens is the router needs to be reset on the owners end and you just have to wait till they reset it at a time when you are looking to access it

leechers like you make internet slow for people like me! 🙂