This was what my youngest brother rigged up for me to help boost the wi-fi signal reception! It seemed to work for a while, and the next day, alas, the wi-fi signal was as weak as ever!

A pot lid wrapped in aluminum foil and my wi-fi adapter sitting on that lid. The power from the laptop was too weak for a USB cable extender. Otherwise that pot lid would have been hung from a high window and I am sure the wi-fi signal received would have been stronger!

The signal received seemed quite impressive at first. Too bad it did not stay that way! Today I had to borrow my oldest brother’s laptop which seemed to do a far better job at picking the wi-fi signal with his built-in antennae, er, what exactly is that thing called? Modem?

I sure do miss my DSL connection back home in California!

One Response to “Low Tech wi-fi signal booster”

1. Douglas says:

   June 17, 2008 at 2:18 pm

   Hi Puteri!

   Try this! It might work better.

   http://www.instructables.com/id/Wifi-Signal-Strainer-WokFi/

   Douglas210

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