Alright, here goes. I'll give ya'll the secret documents I've been hoarding on this wifi stuff. You can go to http://radiolabs.com/Articles/wifi-antenna.html to read a very good doc on wifis and hit their main page for a bunch of other stuff. The offer quite a few different antennas and once I found an 18dbi I promptly went to ebay and bought a pair for about 12 bucks! I have 6 computers on a wireless lan in my house (one is in the guest house) and each can access with 56mb signal strength. I can take my laptop out to the patio or in the driveway and it works fine. I guess you could probably find some of that other stuff on ebay too, or just breakdown and shell out the bucks to radiolabs.com
If you need to reach out over distance they offer a parabolic grid antenna that will probably suffice. Here's there words on the subject: http://www.radiolabs.com/products/antennas/2.4gig/stage6.php "If you had this on a very tall hill or mountain and the same antenna at a distance of 80+ miles, your name would be on the record, guaranteed! The Stage 6 is the highest gain antenna we, or anyone else offers for WiFi, 802.11 or WLAN." I sent this info to Chris Jefferies last summer and he is going to install some of this stuff on his buddy's ranch in Montana. (Dennis Quaid) I guess if he ever gets it done I'll get a report on how it worked. John -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nicholas Geti Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 10:16 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [NF] Network Setup Question Here is an interesting project that can increase the range of a wireless router by a mile or more. http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/448 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 11:10 AM Subject: RE: [NF] Network Setup Question > John: I am looking for any solution that will accomplish what I want. > It's > a house that is next door to my friend's business. The business is hard > wired but has no Internet Access. The Internet is in the house and it is > too far for reliable wireless. We have been using antennas and range > extenders and everything else and only get about 40% signal strength. We > also can't hard wire the Internet due to a pool and patio. The bridge can > go in a window that has a great shot to the router and it will work fine. > The hard wired computers are pretty far apart, too. So even access points > would not work as well as a bridge. > > I have the unit that Ted mentioned on hand and I found the article he was > talking about so I am going to try that. I will let you know how it > works. > > Jeff > . [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
