At 19:46 24/04/2011, you wrote:
... it's time to build some wireless access points / repeaters! I have a
few laptops kicking about, with wireless cards, so I figured I could dot
these about and build a wireless network that way!
Stephen,
Another approach to extend wireless coverage is to use
Further to my previous post, it is worth expanding on the advantages of
using Wireless Access Points v Range Extenders.
Range Extenders are co-dependant on the host router. They must use the same
SSID, password and frequency (channel) as the router.
As Vic said WiFi is necessarily half-duplex
Another option is to use 5Ghz wifi. There is much less noise far more
bandwidth on the spectrum. Plus on Band B 5Ghz, you can kick out upto 1W
EIR, which can range pants loads more than 2.4Ghz. 5Ghz also permeates
walls large obstructions better. It would however mean refitting
everything that
Hello,
A while ago I wasted a day of my life converting some off the shelf
netgear routers to run dd-wrt, as the netgears I had were incompatible
and didn't allow me to connect them together to extend wireless
coverage all over the house.
One of the netgears just wouldn't take, and ended up in
So - any recommendations?
My first recommendation would be - run as many ethernet cables as you can.
WiFi is necessarily half-duplex in operation, so every time you have to
re-transmit a packet, you're halving[1] your data rate. Add a few
repeaters, and things can end up at a crawl...
Of
... it's time to build some wireless access points / repeaters! I have a
few laptops kicking about, with wireless cards, so I figured I could dot
these about and build a wireless network that way!
Stephen,
Another approach to extend wireless coverage is to use Wireless Access
points. I gave
