WiFi booster?
With everyone using smartphones the available bandwidth is almost nothing Getting on line with a computer is getting harder. Is there something out there to boost available signal? Eventually will buy...
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tony lee wrote:
Bill, you might know the solution.
Everything set up and seemingly working EXCEPT that although I can connect to the antenna or the gateway via my browser and select the local wifi and enter the security code and connect to it, I can't get internet. Says access is "limited"
What doesn't seem right is the signal strength meter on both the antenna itself and when looking at the signal strength via the browser - is blinking on and off - about 1 second on and one second off.
Any clues please?
When a WiFi network connection returns the error message dialogue "Limited Network Connectivity", it means that you did reach the network -- but you didn't receive a DNS-issued address, only a local (192.168.x.x range) address. That won't get you outside that local network and onto the Internet. (You can see this by going to Control Panel/Network & Sharing Center/See Network Connections, selecting that WiFi connection, and selecting the Details button.)
That could either be a signal strength issue or a problem with that WiFi hotspot. It could also mean that there's a secondary Web page that you must be transported to, in order to agree to their access terms, before giving you a fully-connected DNS address.
Too many factors to determine, definitively, without more information.
