WiFi Tx power question

[jd1008]

On 09/18/2014 09:40 PM, Tim wrote:
> On Thu, 2014-09-18 at 19:46 -0600, jd1008 wrote:
>> I do not have a physical access to the access point.
>> It is a public hotspot (at a restaurant). My laptop
>> has no antennas :)
> ..... that might allow you to dangle a better antenna lead through
> the chassis.  Messy, but doable, if you had the need to continuously
> deal with problem WiFi.  Though, you'd probably get stared at for being
> a suspicious hacker person, or even dobbed in.
I actually had done just that with an older laptop and that
had really helped quite a bit. But I was indeed eyed suspiciously by
other cafe' clientele. They might have thought I was trying to
hack into their computers. They must not be aware that the
router isolates the lan clients from each other.