Extending wireless coverage

[alove_85 10+ year member]

What's the best wireless range expander for a wireless g network, and for the cheapest? I need to extend my range by about one city block.

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[Propimp 10+ year member]

lol, 1 city block huh? i take it you are either trying to steal someones internet connection or hackinto someones shit.

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

cantenna

 

[Propimp 10+ year member]

ohh and btw if you want more range get N not G

 

[nate2587 10+ year member]

is it point to point?

 

[nate2587 10+ year member]

ohh and btw if you want more range get N not G

tru but you can add an external antenna like an Omni directional antenna that is increased for example

http://www.hyperlinktech.com/web/hg2412u.php

these actually work really well..

http://www.hyperlinktech.com/web/antennas_2400_out_sector.php

you can get a converter that will plug right into a linksys WRT54

we modded the WRT and ran linux on it and was able to make them into repeaters and have a small mesh network going on

 

[alove_85 10+ year member]

No I'm not trying to steal internet lol, I have a 15meg connection, but I'm always at my friend's place with my computer and she lives a little under a block away. I can get internet for up until about 100 ft from her house, so nothing spendy or much more distance is needed.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

I just use a repeater to steal wifi from my dads house which is about a block away and across the street.

At least i do in the winter when i have line of site, by spring the trees grow back and i have to pay //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[alove_85 10+ year member]

I just use a repeater to steal wifi from my dads house which is about a block away and across the street.
At least i do in the winter when i have line of site, by spring the trees grow back and i have to pay //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

I've heard of the "pringles can" thing to make a directional antenna, is my wireless router is in my house, is there anyway to put an antenna like on top of the garage that can pick it up from the house and to the antenna? Sorry, I'm a huge noob when it comes to this stuff.

 

[nate2587 10+ year member]

I've heard of the "pringles can" thing to make a directional antenna, is my wireless router is in my house, is there anyway to put an antenna like on top of the garage that can pick it up from the house and to the antenna? Sorry, I'm a huge noob when it comes to this stuff.

did you even read my post?

pringles can?

 

[nate2587 10+ year member]

He fails. Let it go. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

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[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

not the best option, but it works and you can eat the chips

http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/448

http://www.internetisseriousbusiness.com/

http://www.turnpoint.net/wireless/has.html

 

[nate2587 10+ year member]

looks like an omindirectional antenna and normally those have vertical polarization not horizontal this would be a good geeky FAIL idea lawl

Easiest solution would be to go to the link i sent you

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062019&cp=&sr=1&origkw=mast&kw=mast&parentPage=search

buy that mount it on your house

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062033&cp=&sr=1&origkw=mast&kw=mast&parentPage=search

buy that

http://www.hyperlinktech.com/web/hg2412u.php

buy that

Then buy the pigtail

http://www.hyperlinktech.com/web/cable_radio_pigtails_detail.php?Order=3break50&SKU=CA-RTPNMA002

and u will need an N male and a N Female connector to crimp your coax with...

plug it in and your ready to go ...

OR you can do POE (power over ethernet)

and just mount your WRT in a outdoor weather rated box and just buy the pigtail and antenna

 

[tRidiot 10+ year member]

What about MIMO?

Doesn't that have greatly extended range?