Can I extend the range of my WiFi acces point?

Factual Questions
1

I live in an apartment on the 4th floor. My WiFi is near the window. I want to send the signal downstairs to the courtyard, so I can surf the web from there. Are there any “hacks” or ways to extend the range?

I have a NETGEAT ME102

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2

You’ll need to use one or more WiFi repeaters, devices which receive signals from WiFi remote devices, boost them, and retransmit them to the WiFi access point, and vice versa. Contact the manufacturer of your particular WiFi hardware. They’ll have the solution for your particular situation.

3

Or, you can use a better antenna. There are several places online that sell them, or offer plans to build them.

This depends on your access point, too.

4

I have a similar question. I’d like to set up a wireless network for a friend of mine, to share DSL from one house to the next. The two houses are about 150 to 200 feet apart, with about a dozen trees in between. There’s a limit, of course, to where we can place antennas in either house, so there could be ten to twenty feet each way on top of that.

We’ve got a Win2K box on a DSL at the source end, and we’re still working on getting a PC of some sort for the other end- laptop, desktop, new, used, dunno yet.

-Is there a wireless setup that’ll span 300+ feet, reliably, without major weather interference, without a repeater? (I suppose I could bolt a repeater to a tree in between… :smiley: )

-What’s a good brand name, without spending too much?

-What kind of transmission speeds am I looking at?

I know these are probably pretty simple questions, but I’m just starting to look into this. Thanks for the help.

5

I’ve you’re cheap, you can make an antenna out of a soup can.

6

I have two aircraft hangars joined by a Linksys WAP on each end. The block hangar has the access point inside the building, and the metal hangar has the point sitting inside an office window. They are about 1000 feet apart, speed is around 3 mbps, and they are pretty much unaffected by weather. They are using stock antennas.

The only thing that really hurts the connection is when someone parks a bizjet or King Air in front of one of them. :slight_smile:

7

I better write that one down.

(scribble scribble) … no parking… Lear… in front… (scribble)… of … antenna.

Got it.

:smiley:

8

Thanks for the cool tips. I want to make my access point stronger. I do not have the ability to make the receiving end stronger as it is an integrated solution.

Any ideas?

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