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Pringles Yagi Antenna you can easily boost a wireless signal from an outside source to your computer using this website. It's what we did for my final project in my last computer science class - boosted a wireless signal using a half wave vaiable and a range of around 7 miles, just set your computer up next to a window some where - the max length the cord can be from your reciever is 3ft.