Increased my wireless signal

[Cutehumor]

I just got a sony blu ray dvd player wifi for xmas. I was setting up the dvd player wifi part, but couldn't connect to my wireless network. I realized that my wifi router security settings were mac address enabled. Well, I turned that off because I couldn't find the mac address of the sony blu ray player anywhere, but my router is still WPA2 encrypted. the results? My wireless signal strength on my laptop and desktop have went from "low" signal to "very good" signal in the upstairs bonus room. I didn't know turning off the mac filter in the security settings would boost my signal??

 

[The_Jeff]

You may be able to see the MAC address of your blu-ray player in the setup log section of your router webpage. Most of them have a little "add" button.

 

[Quattro Pete]

Originally Posted By: Cutehumor
My wireless signal strength on my laptop and desktop have went from "low" signal to "very good" signal in the upstairs bonus room. I didn't know turning off the mac filter in the security settings would boost my signal??

MAC filter has absolutely nothing to do with signal strength. Something else is causing it, for example, readjusting the position of antenna on the router.

 

[Cutehumor]

Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete
Originally Posted By: Cutehumor
My wireless signal strength on my laptop and desktop have went from "low" signal to "very good" signal in the upstairs bonus room. I didn't know turning off the mac filter in the security settings would boost my signal??

MAC filter has absolutely nothing to do with signal strength. Something else is causing it, for example, readjusting the position of antenna on the router.


it's a linksys 160N router with the antenna built in (spaceship design)

 

[nfs480]

Maybe when the router rebooted to apply the new settings that fixed whatever problem was hampering the signal.