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Post #100,745
by tjsinclair
5/7/03 1:04:00 PM
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New Boost antennas are also an option
There are some commercial varieties like [link|http://www.cdw.com/shop/search/results.asp?grp=WAT|this].

You can also roll your own (like from a [link|http://airshare.org/learn/articles/features/pringles.cfm|Pringles can]) but I don't have any personal experience with this.

(NOTE: the home-made variety are typically used to strengthen signal in a single given direction to provide long-distance wireless links.)

I used to have a split-level townhome and used a commercial antenna for my AP (located in the basement) and it worked fine.
Tom Sinclair

"Man, I love it when the complete absence of a plan comes together."
- [link|http://radio.weblogs.com/0104634/|Ernie the Attorney]
Post #100,766
by SpiceWare
5/7/03 3:17:27 PM
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New Linksys booster works well
I have a [link|http://www.linksys.com/Products/product.asp?grid=33&scid=35&prid=415|BEFW11S4 - Wireless Access Point Router with 4-Port Switch].

One of the owners of RTRON(where I work) also has one and had distance issues(he's got a huge home). We ordered the [link|http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?grid=33&scid=38&prid=478|WSB24 - Wireless Signal Booster] for him. I took it home to test it before we sent it home with him. It made all locations inside my house have full 100% signal strength. Before various locations would drop down to a "marginal" reading, 2 bars(out of 5) on the strength guage. I even tested outside my house and found the coverage radius increased by 50 or 60 feet.
Darrell Spice, Jr.                      [link|http://www.spiceware.org/cgi-bin/spa.pl?album=./Artistic%20Overpass|Artistic Overpass]\n[link|http://www.spiceware.org/|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
     Powerline Networking - (cwbrenn) - (11) - May 7, 2003, 10:24:12 AM EDT
         Some articles from Google for you - (jbrabeck) - May 7, 2003, 10:52:02 AM EDT
         Why not use wireless? - (Yendor) - (9) - May 7, 2003, 11:04:59 AM EDT
             Size of house might be a problem. - (cwbrenn) - (8) - May 7, 2003, 11:08:56 AM EDT
                 Not sure how big your new house is... - (Yendor) - (1) - May 7, 2003, 11:16:39 AM EDT
                     hmm. - (cwbrenn) - May 7, 2003, 11:32:25 AM EDT
                 At worst you may need an extra AP... - (bepatient) - (5) - May 7, 2003, 11:18:11 AM EDT
                     Well, the next question is, - (cwbrenn) - (1) - May 7, 2003, 11:30:14 AM EDT
                         As far as I can tell... - (bepatient) - May 7, 2003, 11:52:49 AM EDT
                     Boost antennas are also an option - (tjsinclair) - (1) - May 7, 2003, 01:04:00 PM EDT
                         Linksys booster works well - (SpiceWare) - May 7, 2003, 03:17:27 PM EDT
                     This Olde House - (kmself) - May 8, 2003, 12:38:39 AM EDT

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