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

[Juan Alberto Cirez]

LOL. I said cheap and nasty...but not that nasty. This is for a client 
and a good friend. I have to do right by him.
John Jardine wrote:
> If you want to go cheap and nasty...
>
> Try using a usb wifi stick mounted into a rolled sheet of light steel
> with a flat metal back (think duct work type stuff).  You can use
> tie-wraps or clothes dryer clamps to hold it at the correct diameter.
> The length of the sheet is less important than the diameter and the
> distance of the USB stick from the back of the tube.  Conceptually
> similar to the famed pringles can - but it works better.
>
>
> On Mon, 2009-09-14 at 14:58 -0600, Juan Alberto Cirez wrote:
>   
>> Thank you all for the suggestions. Given the time and money constraints; 
>> I need something relatively inexpensive, quick and dirty.
>> I already have to Ethernet Bridges/Range Extenders at the shop and barn 
>> so I am thinking maybe getting a ARG-2301A 802.11b/g WiFi Signal Booster 
>> w/5dBi Antenna for the router access point in the house (placing the 
>> antenna on the window in view of both the barn and the shop) and a 
>> Hawking - HAO14SDP - 14dBi Directional Outdoor Antenna on each of the 
>> Ethernet bridges/range boosters at the shop and barn. Given that the 
>> Hawking antenna is reputed to have a line-of-site range of 1.5 miles. I 
>> guess that 150m - 200m would be ok.
>>
>> Any thoughts, opinions welcome.
>>
>> P.S I may get a router that is supported for a Opensource Freeware (i.e. 
>> dd-wrt) and increased the router Tx power to 500mW
>>
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Juan Alberto Cirez
    CFAA/CFAT, AFSA/CFAT-CFET,CIPS/ISP, ASTTBC/CFET, CHI(e)
Sr. Field Service Technician/Project Manager
J. A. Cirez Integrated Technologies, Inc
Fire Protection | IT Services | Security | Home Inspections | Consulting
Tel. : (780)972-4739
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Email: jacintech at gmail.com
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