How to Modify a Cricket Wireless Modem
Cricket is a company that produces wireless technology, mostly focusing on selling cell phones, cell phone services and wireless Internet services. One wireless gadget Cricket produces is a PCI-based wireless modem. This plugs easily into a laptop and allows you to access a wireless network. However, it has certain flaws; chief amongst these is its lack of an external antenna, which reduces performance compared to modems with antennae. External antennae allow for better transmission and reception of wireless signals.
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Instructions
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Purchase an antenna compatible with a Cricket wireless modem, and a cable
capable of connecting it to your modem (see Resources).
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Push the button next to your computer's PCIAMIA slot in order to eject the Cricket modem.
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Connect one end of the Cricket antenna adapter cable to the appropriate jack on the back of the modem and the other end to the appropriate jack on your Cricket modem. Your Cricket modem is now attached to an external antenna, increasing the efficiency of its signal transmission and reception.
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Reconnect your Cricket modem to your computer by inserting the appropriate end into the PCIAMIA slot.
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Restart your computer.
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