No way to do this with out tearing walls out or having exposed wires. So thanks, but no thanks! :-)
Sunday, January 22, 20121:46 PMJonathan [email protected] >Harry, > >If it were me I would run an ethernet cable from the main router to the >back of the house and put in another wireless access point. It's easier >and more reliable from a wireless point of view, but running that cable >might be the hard part. > >If you have a basement or a crawl space that you can run the cable the >length of the house, it would be fairly easy to put a ethernet jack in >the wall next to your router, run the cable down in the wall into the >basement and then across the ceiling, floor joists, or whatever you have >in your basement, and back up to a wall plate in the back of the house >where you plug in your WAP. > >Such a solution would use inexpensive parts and be the most reliable. > >The feasibility equation would depend entirely on how your house is laid >out and how badly you want wireless in the back of your house. > >j. > > >On Jan 22, 2012, at 12:00 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected]> wrote: > >I live in a 3 story victorian era home. > >The front part of the house is separated from the back part by an 18" >thick brick wall (of course there are doors between the front and back >sections. > >There are only 2 rooms on the third floor both over the front part of >the house. > >My internet connection (Bellsouth DSL connected to a Cisco/Linksys >wireless routher) comes in to the house in the front room on the second floor. > >I receive a good signal (3 bars) in the front rooms on the 1st, 2nd, and >3rd floors. The 3rd floor has only two rooms. I receive an ok signal (2 >bars) in the back room on the 3rd floor and a good signal in the 2nd >floor room immediately behind the front room. > >For the back part of the house it's a different story. > >In the two back rooms on the second floor I receive an ok signal and in >the 2nd room on the 1st floor I get an ok signal but in the other two >rooms (the ones on the other side of the 18" brick wall) on the 1st >floor I don't get any wireless signal at all. > >Is there anything I can do to get a wireless signal to the back of my >house to improve the signal I receive on the first floor and to get the >signal to the back two rooms and deck on the first floor? > _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
