Can I use a broadband dongle to get a signal out in the garden?

[usedmodel]

I can't get a signal out in the garden and just read about broadband dongles, would this helpme get a signal?

[cookiemonsteruk]

@usedmodel 

What size of garden and what area of it do you actually need to cover with wifi?

And what devices do you wish to use outside?

[usedmodel · Accepted solution]

Hi, thanks, I want to use a desk top in a summerhouse about 20m away, my router is in the lounge, I get a signal outside for about 10ft then it goes.

I would need to buy a dongle if it going to work out.

[TimmyBGood]

@usedmodel 

You may be misunderstanding the concept: a 'dongle' (most likely a USB wireless adapter) makes a desktop capable of WiFi reception, but only within range of an existing signal.  It does not increase the power of that signal so that it can reach somewhere not already covered.

[usedmodel]

Thank you very much.

[Robb0]

You could use a Powerline adapter to link the router to your desktop in the summerhouse.

[Highlinder]

@Robb0  That is only possible if the house and the sumer house run off the same consumer unit.