will fix ans set up networks for coral

[beerfish]

OK here is a rather pedestrian question: I live in a house on a college campus and the campus is a free wireless hot spot. I get the signal in my house, but only in some of the rooms ( the back half of the house ) and then only weakly. I had been using a cheap Belkin signal booster to beef up the signal, but that for some unknown reason has ceased to work-- hardware issue?, something change on the campus network end? I'm not sure.

So the question, how should I best go about grabbing and boosting the signal? Please remember that I do not understand that strange language you are all speaking above

If they changed their settings, there may not be much you can do. I would probably try to do a factory reset and set it up again as if it were new. If they changed something other than security, the extender might just need to pick up the network again.

 

[Josh]

Either the signal is degraded so that you can no longer connect to the network, or they enabled some sort of security that is keeping the booster from working.

BTW, those boosters don't really do anything, they just repeat the signal so your computer can see it, if the signal itself is weak, there isn't any way around that.

 

[Josh]

Lol... that's why I was wondering why he wanted to do it. If it was for an office, I was going to suggest setting up a proper domain and using hidden shares with Active Directory profiles.

I don't think you can hide a local share except through a registry hack.

 

[beerfish]

I don't think you can hide a local share except through a registry hack.

With a domain setup you could set permissions on the volume, and deny local admin rights. Group policies can also be set to prevent users from viewing hidden files and folders, so it would show that the partition exists, but would always appear empty.

 

[prattreef]

Either the signal is degraded so that you can no longer connect to the network, or they enabled some sort of security that is keeping the booster from working.

BTW, those boosters don't really do anything, they just repeat the signal so your computer can see it, if the signal itself is weak, there isn't any way around that.

In my case weak = good enough to use, I just need it in the rest of the house.

Thanks for the suggestions. I think part of the issue is that I don't know how to configure the Belkin properly. When I 1st set it up I used the plug and play setup out of the box and it grabbed the signal without me doing anything. Something changed and that is no longer the case.

 

[anthony27]

wow tenical talk on this thread lol i dident know all of you would drop help like that but thank you all for looking and responding

 

[anthony27]

just be aware that I can remote into the machine and do what ever needs to be done and back up improtant files and also I can teach you how to use microsoft office and set up new computers for you

 

[Josh]

With a domain setup you could set permissions on the volume, and deny local admin rights. Group policies can also be set to prevent users from viewing hidden files and folders, so it would show that the partition exists, but would always appear empty.

You don't need a domain to accomplish this, just format the drive with NTFS and it will have file level permissions, so if you deny access to regular users they can't view the folder. You can do that with local user groups, no domain needed.

The problem is that he doesn't want the user to even see that the folder exists, but it isn't possible unless you change a registry setting.

 

[Josh]

In my case weak = good enough to use, I just need it in the rest of the house.

Thanks for the suggestions. I think part of the issue is that I don't know how to configure the Belkin properly. When I 1st set it up I used the plug and play setup out of the box and it grabbed the signal without me doing anything. Something changed and that is no longer the case.

Rerun the setup wizard. Also, try adjusting your antennas, it could help improve the signal.

 

[anthony27]

wow josh what certs do you have lol. amazing anwsers

 

[Alfredo De La Fe]

Right. Basically a signal booster is a "bridge", a WiFi router that allows pass through connection. If you are not concerned about latency then you probably need to reset the booster or upgrade it. Perhaps they upgraded to a Wireless-N router and your booster is only 802.11B??? (Older technology)

What type of network card are you using? Is it internal, or PCMCIA? If internel, there may be a way for you to upgrade the WiFi card in your laptop so that it can have two antennas. If it is PCMCIA you may be able to attach an external antenna.

Also, did you recently upgrade to Vista? Vista has MANY bugs when it comes to WiFi. It took me several hours of installing patches to get Vista working well. Now that it is all patched up I actually LOVE it and think it blows XP away.

Alfred

Either the signal is degraded so that you can no longer connect to the network, or they enabled some sort of security that is keeping the booster from working.

BTW, those boosters don't really do anything, they just repeat the signal so your computer can see it, if the signal itself is weak, there isn't any way around that.

 

[Alfredo De La Fe]

Anthony- what type of corals are you looking for? While I dont need any help with my network I would be more than happy to let you have some mushrooms and a head of frogspawn if that is the type of stuff you are looking for. Unfortunately I do not have much in the way of SPS to share these days, but feel free to hit me up in about six months when my frags grow out!

Alfred

wow tenical talk on this thread lol i dident know all of you would drop help like that but thank you all for looking and responding

 

[beerfish]

You don't need a domain to accomplish this, just format the drive with NTFS and it will have file level permissions, so if you deny access to regular users they can't view the folder. You can do that with local user groups, no domain needed.

The problem is that he doesn't want the user to even see that the folder exists, but it isn't possible unless you change a registry setting.

I know with Group Policies you can set up a policy that doesn't allow a user to view hidden files and folders, making even a local folder invisible once hidden. Not sure if you have that much control with just file level permissions.

Been awhile since I played with local workgroups, all of my clients are on a domain.

 

[skimmerman100]

i want this partition to be totally tamper proof (hidden and unaccessible)by users on that computer but be able to be access by another computer.
i can easily hide partitions but how can i access a hidden partition by other workstation.

Note: there is no illegal activity going on. this is on a home network

sure there isnt, madoff:theyareon:joke:

 

[pecan2phat]

wow josh what certs do you have lol. amazing anwsers

Josh owns Cisco and that other little website called Manhattan Reefs :lol: