Steve, You might look at http://www.binarywolf.com/249/pringles_cantenna.htm for inspiration. They have a lot of different point-to-point d.i.y. solutions. Alternatively, you could just go get two Linksys Wireless- G Access Points, WAP54G, and the High Gain Antennae kit (worked at my house and was under $200 for everything.) Then simply bridge the two access points. The access points are worth using regardless of the antenna solution since they have decent gain, support WPA encryption, and have the correct antenna connector for any of the d.i.y. solutions.
Birch On Jan 27, 2008, at 10:38 AM, Steve Smith wrote: > Stephen/Owen - > > You reported some pretty amazing results using a directional antennae > with 802.11g 6 months or more ago. > > I'm trying to solve a problem for my mother-in-law (pressure is ON) > where she formerly picked up her network via 802.11g from her son's > house about 100ft from hers. > > A few weeks ago something changed abruptly and the apparent signal at > her house (in the window facing the window his router is in) dropped > from marginal to abysmal... basically she can no longer get network > from the wireless from inside her house. > > I'm looking at the possibility of repeaters and of external > antenna(e), > etc. I haven't seen the router, it was provided by Qwest and doesn't > sound like a Linksys from her description. They've done some channel > hopping on the off chance it was just interference, with no results. > > Both houses may be "well shielded"... he is an architect/builder and > I'm > pretty sure used reflective-foil fiberglass insulation in his walls > and > he clad her entire house in corrugated steel. This is why I wasn't > surprised before when she had to go to a window in her house to get > his > signal. Actually I was surprised she got anything at all. > > These two psuedo-faraday-cage houses are why I imagined a repeater (in > her window) and possibly a directional antennae (in his window) would > likely do the trick. > > Any thoughts/ideas/observations? As much as I like to experiment, I > don't like doing it in front of my in-laws (I'm probably about to find > out they are subscribers to this list!) > > - Steve > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons. ~R. Buckminster Fuller **** Use of advanced messaging technology does not imply **** ***** an endorsement of western industrial civilization ***** ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
