actually if you can get a long enough usb cable and usb wireless card you can use the dish as a reflector, i have done it in the past.
________________________________ From: Donk <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, January 2, 2012 2:57 PM Subject: Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] making own antenna for wireless Sorry, but I don't think there's much you can do. You can buy external antennae for wireless cards that do help bring in more networks - but the stated maximum range for Wireless N is about 820 feet. If you can find someone within that range and offer to maybe compensate them somehow if they'd let you share their connection you might be good. >From what I've read (I've been trying to extend my range throughout my neighborhood too) you can't use a TV or Satellite Dish type antenna for wifi - they're not attuned to the same frequency (or whatever). There was a guy and his son in rural Virginia not too far from me, who were trying to start a business of bringing wireless broadband to them and their rural neighbors. They did it by installing a series of routers, set up as repeaters, in homes that were less than 820 feet apart. Apparently most routers have a "repeater" mode that lets it communicate with another router, which communicates with another router, etc. etc. etc. until you are in range of your own router. I guess you've thought about satellite ISP's? But I think you said you do online gaming and there's serious upload lag with satellite. I would keep bugging the ISP to let you at least "try" their DSL. Beg them. Promise them you won't complain if the speed isn't perfect - as long as it's better than dial up. Good luck, Donk On 1/1/2012 1:35 PM, kevin19_89 wrote: > ok i live in country (i live 1/2 a mile away from a node or whatever for dsl) > and they say i cant get it. my grandma got it before she passed away. i got > her dsl modem and hooked up to our house and they said they cant turn it on > because we dont have it. we got a house up road from us tha thas it and > within a quarter of a mile. can i get an internal wireless card and instead > of the small antenna on them hook up a large antenna for like on the air tv > and get wireless miles away? i noticed the ends are different and id have to > buy an adapter of some sort. is that possible to do? i cant stand this dialup > anymore its driving me crazy. i used to download 4kbps now its messing up and > down to 500-600 bytes > > > > --- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [email protected] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [email protected] Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
