Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Homemade WiFi signal booster


I read with interest the various ways one can boost WiFi signal using a USB wifi adapter.

One of the funniest is using a WiFry.

Funny but effective!!

I tried it out and I found WiFi signals I've never seen before in my house. I could even log on to someone's unprotected WiFi some houses away!

Basically it involved poking a hole in this deep fry spatula thingy which you should be able to find in some market. I bought mine for only less than a dollar.

The thing acts as a parabolic dish and enhances the WiFi signals. I can't believe it actually works!! Now my problem is to bring it along with my notebook and dealing with the stares and laughs I will no doubt get when I pull it out to use.

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