Have clearly plopped into a pond of serious users here so I won't
pretend to advise--but from what I understand the cable (5606sr) from a
Yagi can't be any longer than 8 ft or the signal turns to poop.
Perhaps it's apropos to bring up the polotix of this issue, namely that
any signal in the air is "owned" by anyone who can receive it.
Transmitters beyond a certain wavelength and distance have to be
licensed--but receivers still own the airways.
Meantime would love to know how to fine-tune my Yagi position. Do I
need an oscilloscope or something?
Fun,
m
Ben Barrett wrote:
Heh, that's a hardware issue. You probably want to start out with a
pair of adapters so you can put a length of (rg5 or rg6, is it?)
cable-tv type cable as the extension. The reception-oriented reasons
you'd want to use DD-WRT is enhanced control of transmit power as well
as a slew of complex timing options (these can help keep your wifi
cloud small & contained, help it reach further, or even help avoid
some interference maybe).
If you can work out the yagi antenna placement and an extension or at
least adapter cable (depending on how far up a tree or the roof the
antenna is!!), then you can test the signal strength and fine-tune the
antenna position as a separate step from any DD-WRT or router setup.
Once the antenna will get you your signal, then you can drop in a
device in bridging mode, provided that your uplink is copascetic and
doesn't cut you off or sue you. :)
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