cool cool. Keep us posted on what you find with your findings. Ok. that came 
out wring but I'm jut a bit not  awake today.

Be blessed.
On Sep 5, 2012, at 9:48 AM, Gordon Smith <[email protected]> wrote:

> There is a repeater module available for the router which, I  believe, can be 
> fitted with an external antenna.
> 
> Gordon
> 
> On 5 Sep 2012, at 17:42, Sarah Alawami <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> What routers can you use to extend the range of your wifi lets ay across a 7 
> or 8 thousand square foot house? do you have to buy another orne of those 
> things you just reviewed? Just curious as our router is about 4 years old and 
> has taken several beeting and has never worked unless you were up on the 
> thing.
> 
> Tc all and be blessed.
> On Sep 5, 2012, at 9:26 AM, Gordon Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> Hi all
>> 
>> Recently, Lynne and I had a remote play around with Dane Trethowan's Fritz! 
>> Box router.  i have to say that I was very impressed by the interface.  It's 
>> HTML, and seems fully accessible.
>> 
>> Unfortunately, our Apple Time Capsule has now decided that its working life 
>> should come to an end.  Therefore, I began the search for a replacement.  
>> The Fritz! Box caught my attention because of the fat that it's two USB 
>> ports allow the addition of as much backup media as you care to install, 
>> which suits me fine.  The Apple Time Capsule was not my first choice right 
>> from the start when it's hard drive showed signs of failure.  To be honest, 
>> the Apple Time Capsule is slow, way too devoid of configuration options and 
>> its price tag was a little too high for me to be comfortable with.
>> 
>> The Fritz! Box which we are getting is the big brother of Dane's, I believe. 
>>  This one has capability of handling up to 5 VOIP connections, and I believe 
>> it's possible to use is as a VOIP/PSTN PBX as well.  That could be useful 
>> actually, and I may just venture back into the world of VPN telephony now.  
>> I gave up on it some time ago as I only had the SPA2000 adapter and although 
>> it works, it brings problems.  This Fritz! Box has 4 Giganet ports, plus 
>> dual-band, (2.4 and 5 GHZ.  The smaller model only uses 2.4 GHZ which means 
>> potential clashes with other wireless devices such as mobile phones.
>> 
>> We will not be using the Fritz! Box as an ADSL router, as our Internet 
>> trunks are SDSL and require dedicated hardware.  But it's possible to 
>> disable the ADSL modem and just use the Fritz! Box as a hub/gateway.  
>> Hopefully, I can bridge it seamlessly into our networks.  It will be 
>> interesting indeed to see whether I can allocate different IP ranges and 
>> gateways for each port.  If this router supports that, (usually something 
>> found on high end non-domestic equipment), it really will be a useful 
>> addition to our network family.  As it is, I am quite glad to get away from 
>> Apple's base stations to be honest.  They are very restrictive devices and, 
>> as I've already said, they introduce bottlenecks on a bridged network.
>> 
>> Gordon
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