On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 8:26 PM, Jeffrey Engle <macgu...@gmail.com> 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...
75 yards!?!?!?! with 802.11g !?!?!?! :-) ~~! ROTHF LMAO !~~ :-) BTW, are you sure your niece is connecting to *your* network. You ARE using the highest level of wireless security you can, aren't you? (Hopefully WPA2). And non-trivial shared keys? (You can generate a random enough key by using tools on the Internet. For example, https://www.grc.com/passwords.htm > 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? It's amazing (to me) that she manages to get a signal as strong as that given the distance and the obstructions between your niece and your router. Probably a result of having mounting it "high up" on your wall. Again, I hope you are doing the most you can to secure this network because if the signal is that strong at that distance it's also a potential temptation to anyone else in a 75 yard radius (as in circle) of your home. You didn't say which flavor/version/vintage of the Airport Extreme you are using. But IIRC all of them are sealed models with the antennas inside the case. You'd have to open the case (voiding any warranty) and then fiddle around with the internal antenna connectors to mount an external. Is that really a route you want to try to take? As for the previous suggestion to try using Wireless Distribution System (WDS) you should first understand that, depending on how it is set up, WDS would probably cut your throughput by half. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Distribution_System But even skipping the potential throughput hit, I wasn't at all clear how WDS could be useful in your situation. Certainly you wouldn't want to try to mount an intermediate "repeater" unit outside of your respective homes, would you??? How would you be able to secure it? Don't know if they will help but here are some links to some generic wireless usage tutorials. How To Fix Your Wireless Network - Part 1 http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/30182/98/ How To Fix Your Wireless Network - Part 2: Site Surveying http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/30198/98/ How To Fix Your Wireless Network - Part 3: Increasing Coverage http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-basics/30225-how-to-fix-your-wireless-network-part-3-increasing-coverage How To Fix Your Wireless Network - Part 4: Antennas http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-basics/30546-how-to-fix-your-wireless-network-part-4-antennas -irrational john -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
