Out in the Cold?If Wi-Fi "cold spots" are leaving you in the lurch, try these solutions.

Wi-Fi is one of the greatest networking innovations to reachgrowing businesses in a long time. It also can be one of the mostfrustrating. Wi-Fi signals don't always reach into every nookand cranny of an office building, and there are often "coldspots" where Wi-Fi fades or drops off altogether. Adding aPringles can is one way the technically innovative extend networkrange.

A more professional-looking answer is to add an extended-rangeantenna-basically, a larger antenna, sometimes placed high ona wall. At about $50, this can cost as much as an access point, andyou have to make sure there's compatibility with the hardwareyou're currently using.