The Gadget Show: Dallas' Vlog- Boosting your WiFi signal

[nepharious6969]

look a friend of mine took apart his wifi card and were the atenna is on the wifi he solderer a cable cored to it and he said it gave him a 100% boost

[HunterOfWorlds]

what if the WiFi adapter is internal?

[yoshihacks1]

btw this works i have wifi for my laptop and for my wii and xbox 360 there ZERO wifi signal now there 3 bars!!!!

[yoshihacks1]

where did you get that wifi adapter my freind told me those give you wifi...

[xMaidenSlayerx]

THIS IS AMAZING!!! MY INTERNET SIGNAL WAS AT 3/10!!! NOW ITS AT 8/10!!! I LOVE YOU!!!

[usermax3]

with a good design of this method i achevied to boost my signal from 5% to 45% and my wireless networks from 19 to nearly 30..this system WORKS!!

[anikidwolfy]

lol the stage crew just moved all the routers a bit closer

[BrainSeepsOut]

Yay, Dallas did something that works! ;3

[Magnesiur]

This actually works after like 3 seconds mine went up to full!

[MK2EA]

nice

[ap0litist0s]

BITE ME

[shhoshh]

brill man

[charliebrownface]

this does actually work! my signal was on three bars and is now 4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[KinisonisKing]

My fucking wii is pissing me off. I've had it in the same place for months and got a good signal the whole time. All of a sudden it's not connecting and theres an open linksys thats green(good connection) and I still cant connect to it. I'm gonna try this hopefully it works. Anyone with ideas on how to boost my wifi wii connect please comment back. Thank you.

[Makubex628]

I had that happen to me a few time but if you keep getting an error message (On vista) go to the wifi window and right click... on the list go to diagnose & repair and that should do it. Sometimes you would just have to restart your computer and the settings will return. I hope this helps.

[zerackid]

i got laptop whit wlan and i dont know where to to put aluminum i dont know where my computer is geting signal

[steveharley0345]

I used this technique, made an aluminium square shaped cardboard base and cupped it all round the antenna facing toward my room coz my PS3 signal is crap

and it went DOWN xD!!

[adcashmo]

How about not using wi fi

[Pinstripedtie]

I tried it and it did NOT make one bit of difference!

[AngusMcBurger]

He said it MIGHT work!! GOD, GET IT RIGHT!! Anyway Gadget show haters should piss off!

[awstrali]

amen to that!!!

[DaytimeName]

Yeah this will help in hacking some wireless networks up! Cain and abel ftw

[BrokenHorn90]

I've tried the parabolic reflector, the soda can, the windsurfer reflector, and this. Out of all 4, this one worked best, and was so simple. I definitely recommend giving this a try if you're looking to boost a weak signal by 1 or two bars. And hey, it only takes like 3-5 minutes to do. Cheap, too ^.^

[kitkat4cat]

It's hard to grab the hotspot for use wifi. what's the problem?? I never used the wifi at all since I've gotten. Should i pay the wifi router?? Bluetooth seems nice. Is bluetooth better than wifi??whatelse. cowon has the bluetooth i wonder should i take cowon? Or yp-p3 is also offered bluetooth. anyone use bluetooth on yp-p3??

[tomsin123]

wifi is free.. are you thinking of mobile broadband?

[adcashmo]

nothing is free

[o0samotech0o]

Yes it is.

[TomJesper]

woah, u should be a blue peter presenter

[sagat4]

interesting surname.. just change your firstname to texas and you are ready to go:)

[god0fgod]

I should have done this with my PSP in Italy so I wouldn't need to pay for the wifi and I could properly connect to the free one.

[Edward306]

I shall give it ago

[lukechris1995]

Could we not do this to the router?

[khidhal]

why not use a metal dish instead of aluminium foil because it is smoother an better?

[chootastic]

An old pringles tin works really well, but you have to point it at the router.

[ClactonRadio]

I think Dallas is better than the other new persion.

[mutleyz]

ahah lol never thought about doing that :d

i will go try this out

[thegadgetshow]

It works better than you would think. Its worth a try!

[ViruneeV]

Also works if you want to boost your mobile phone signal.

Oh and Dallas, I officially love you XD

[Chris265265]

This is very interesting! But where were all the routers in the 1st place?

[simmonds06]

lmao

[thepudd]

Wouldn't the signal be even better if the tin-foil was smooth?

[xirionz]

i think it would be better scrumpled or wrinkly because maybe the signal bounces out in different directions? but i aint to sure

[DudeParallel]

Yes and No.

Yes for outgoing, no for incoming.

Getting a good enough mix is awkward. 

I guess you could try split the foil up into 45 degree sections of the full 360.

Then go around it, one smooth, one wrinkly, one smooth, one wrinkly, etc.

Should look like the Umbrella logo really.

[DudeParallel]

bah! All you need is a mobile and an ethernet cable.

lol, couldn't resist.

But seriously, i tried to make one of these a few months back... failed horribly due to running out of foil, couldn't be bothered getting more and went on holiday, forgot all about it till now.

[mitza4rally]

Is not that complicated , this experiment was small scale if U rely want bOOst Ur WI-FI range buy a big dish (1m) and put the adapter like he put-it and Ul hav a range bigger than 2 Km.

[KiaX100000]

lol the satellite thing is just crazy enough to work!!

[Meh347]

Interesting trick.

[Epiphanized]

lol yes they did this more successfully last year on the gadget show!