On Sat, 27 Mar 2021 13:52:57 -0500 David dlocklear01@gmail.com wrote:
My wi-fi adapter on my Gigabyte motherboard:
Device-3: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifiI am staying in a very crappy motel, so the wi-fi is lousy.
I am using my Rawhide Gnome 40 install, on primary NVMe.
NetworkManager finds the motel wi-fi and several others ( including the hot-spot on my very crappy iPhone / cheap cell-provider ). But NetworkManager will not connect to the motel's wi-fi. It will connect to the hot-spot on my iPhone, ( which I am using now to type this. )
I have not updated Fedora in about two weeks, so I am still on Gnome 40 RC1 and some Beta packages.
I am too scared to update, since I have a poor hot-spot signal.
Any suggestions ?
I am thinking about getting a bigger antenna to put on the wi-fi. However, my iPhone, has no problem connecting to the motel's wi-fi.
My other option, is that I have a new wi-fi card adapter, somewhere, that works great, but I will have to hunt for it, and so I can't do that today.
David Locklear
I don't know enough about your setup to make a solid suggestion but there's an old saying, "if at first you don't succeed, cheat!" that comes to mind. Is the motherboard on the floor inside a steel case? can you put the box on a table to see if that helps? It has sometimes for me. Also what about a bit of tinfoil or a cookie sheet behind the unit to act as a reflector? I've had luck with that. Nothing to do with Fedora of course.
A couple of other suggestions:
https://www.wikihow.com/Boost-a-Wifi-Signal
and that article mentions a range extender, I used one of these:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33040379517.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.5...
and it was the best $10 I ever spent. Can easily be thrown in a travel bag.
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