weak wifi connection

[aahowarth]

Hi guys first post here.

sorry if im in the wrong section. I am currently abroad and my only access to wifi is via sharing my ethernet connection. I have been using my mac for this purpose and has been working fine. Problem is i dont want to fire up my mac just to check my whatsapp messages.

So i tried to set up wifi sharing on my wifes windows toshiba laptop via a external software as the laptop had nothing pre installed like my old dell did. Anyway managed to set that up but u unfortunately the connection and speed has been considerably slower and weaker then the mac. Is there anything i can do to change this ? I tried going into device manager to try to change the wifi channel but wasnt able to access this via device manager for some reason.

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

"I tried going into device manager to try to change the wifi channel"

You can't change the wireless channel there. You set the wireless channel in your wireless router's configuration utility.

 

[aahowarth]

[quotemsg=15747713,0,1410082]"I tried going into device manager to try to change the wifi channel"

You can't change the wireless channel there. You set the wireless channel in your wireless router's configuration utility.[/quotemsg]


Thats the thing i dont have a wireless router. Im sharing a ethernet net connection wirelessly to other devices from the toshiba laptop.

 

[aahowarth]

Bump

 

[g90814]

You're using adhoc networking... you basically get what you get.

you could purchase a small travel router, something like this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833704134
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833704194 (has 2 ethernet ports)

These are made for just theses situations.