[clug-talk] Extending the Signal Range of a WiFi router

[Shawn]

I would probably favor the directional antennas, as others have 
suggested.  SimpleWifi had a booth at DefCon with some interesting 
options - http://www.simplewifi.com, and relatively reasonably priced.

If I were in your shoes, I would likely start with 3 access points - one 
at each location, and bridge them to each other.  But it sounds like you 
want a single access point that has the range to cover the other 
buildings.  In this case, I don't think you have much choice but to 
boost the transmit power, and deal with more sensitive/directional 
antennas for reception.  You can pick up wifi range extenders at 
Staples/FutureShop, etc.  I've never worked with them so am not sure how 
well they work.  I suspect they only cover the transmit side of things 
though.

My random thoughts.  Hope they help.

Shawn

Juan Alberto Cirez wrote:
> Hello fellas,
> 
> I have a question: It's not necessarily Linux (or it could be depending 
> on where you sit). I am looking for a way to extend the range of a 
> wireless access point to cover several buildings. Here is the setup:
> 
> --The Pouter/Access Point is inside the main house.
> --I have a shop about 50 meters from the house with a PC that I want to 
> connect to the network (Using an Ethernet/Wired connection between the 
> shop and the router is out of the question; so don't suggest that)
> --There is a barn about 150m - 200m from the main house (or 100m - 150m) 
> from the shop.
> --I want to connect both the shop and the barn to the Access Point 
> inside the house.
> 
> Right now I'm thinking a) wifi range extenders or b) wifi 
> amplifiers....HELP
>