On 3/5/10 7:23 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote:
On Mar 5, 2010, at 6:19 PM, Clark Martin wrote:
On 3/5/10 5:26 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote:
So, here's the deal.. I'd like very much to "extend" my network. Is
there a way to do this? I use a current Airport Extreme Base Station
mounted high on my wall inside my 14x55 mobile home and I'd like to
share my internet with my niece who lives in another mobile home 75
yards give or take away... currently she gets about 2 bars on her
macbook. Is there a way of getting her 4 bars? by mounting some kind of
antenna on the outside of the house? if so, where would I plug it into?
I need my wifi to be completely independent of my home computers (G5 &
G4 mdd). TIA Jeff
Can you mount the base station so it has a view out a window to the
other mobile home. Eliminating one metal wall would certainly help.
Frankly she is getting a pretty strong signal right now considering
how far away she is. You might look into setting up an Airport Express
as a WDS relay at her end. With your Extreme and her Express both
mounted near windows so they have a good line of sight connection it
ought to work pretty well.
Well, for one, there is at least 2 mobile homes between us so "line of
sight" is out of the question I think... It would be cool if there was
something that I could attach to the outside of the house up high that
would work like an airport express to extend the network.... I would
hate to use an airport express that way simply because it would
literally melt down in the summer months..... thinking..... Jeff
You could still try the Express. To test it, put your Extreme in the
window (the window will still help, even with other homes in the line of
sight. Then hold your niece's computer in the window to see how strong
a signal you get. If the reception is good then putting an Express in
her window would relay from your Extreme to her laptop.
Apple's Airport Express is the only WDS relay I've used or even know
about but there (must be) others out there. The express uses only it's
internal antennas. But some other products likely allow for an external
antenna.
Keep in mind that you want to minimize any antenna cable length, at 2.4
GHz a cable eats up signal strength fast. I have a WiFi antenna that,
IIRC, has a gain of 9 dB but it's 4-5' cable looses about 3-4 dB.
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Clark Martin
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Macintosh / Internet Consulting
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