What about an airport express to expand the range? That's one of the things they we're built for....
On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 7:12 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > > -- U-2 & SR-71 web page http://www.blackbirds.net Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety -Benjamin Franklin Read the Constitution - It's Interesting! http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.overview.html Blog: http://johnsstone.tumblr.com/
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