[TechAssist] Re: Wireless Router Extender
- From: Edward Gaidies <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 08:23:16 -0400
Wally..
I hear D-Link is already working on different models to do just that.
Since it's 4.7 Gig they have some guidelines to follow for FCC purposes.
-Ed-
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Ed Gaidies
Tel-Tek Electronics
Ontario-Canada
teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
On 27-Sep-04, at 12:11 AM, Wally Heise wrote:
> Ed,
>
> I have a D-Link wireless system and it operates most of the time at
> about
> 175 feet, (house to our store). My problem is the location of my
> computer
> in house behind a couple of walls and the server in the store has metal
> walls surrounding it, so my signal strength is always around 15%. I
> have
> been thinking of buying a range extender from D-Link, they sent me an
> email
> promotion about it but I don't remember prices, etc. Next summer when
> I
> need this system to work 100% of the time, I plan to purchase one of
> their
> range extenders and my problem should be solved.
>
> Wally Heise
> South Isle Repair
> Isle, Mn.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Edward Gaidies" <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: September 26, 2004 8:19 PM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Wireless Router Extender
>
>
>> Jeff;
>> I use D-Link.
>> The Mac has a Signal Meter..it's more a of a blockage problem then a
>> signal strength.
>> The house is over 100 years old, Who knows what's in the walls.
>>
>>
>> -Ed-
>> *****************************************************************
>> Ed Gaidies
>> Tel-Tek Electronics
>> Ontario-Canada
>> teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> On 26-Sep-04, at 6:48 PM, Intrepid Video Support wrote:
>>
>>> Ed,Mine is a Lynksys wireless. I can go outside the house and still
>>> have a connection. I'm sure it's more
>>> than 30ft.
>>> Jeff
>>> --
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>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Tel-Tek" <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 8:38 AM
>>> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Wireless Router Extender
>>>
>>>
>>> Gary;
>>> Dish will not work..it's 2 way communication. Probably great
>>> receiving,
>>> though.;-)
>>> I saw one (Linksys) $120, but they don't say how much the range will
>>> be
>>> extended.
>>>
>>> -Ed-
>>>
>>>
>>> Tel-Tek Electronics
>>> Ontario-Canada
>>>
>>> teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Gary McCartney" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 12:43 AM
>>> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Wireless Router Extender
>>>
>>>
>>>> Ed, I saw on Tech TV a retail antenna made for what you want. It was
>>>> an
>>>> antenna with a few feet of cable to connect to the router. I have
>>>> also
>>>> seen articles where people use empty coffee cans and mount an
>>>> antenna
>>>> inside it to give further range, directional. If you want to go a
>>>> long
>>>> distance, I think I have plans here to use an old discarded mini
>>>> satellite dish as the antenna.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Gary McCartney
>>>>
>>>> McCartney Electronics
>>>> Guelph Ontario Canada
>>>> Est. 1984
>>>> email: gary (at) number63.ca
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Tel-Tek Electronics wrote:
>>>>> Anyone have any idea if it's possible to extend the range of a
>>>>> D-Link
>>>>> wireless router. My shop is 30 feet away from my Router, but has 2
>>>>> brick walls to contend with. I get no signal in the shop at all. On
>>>>> the
>>>>> Mac Laptop. Yet works great anywhere else in the house. Could I
>>>>> extend
>>>>> the little antenna on the router to have it outside on a bracket
>>>>> maybe,
>>>>> with a coaxial lead. This thing runs at 2.4 gig, so I'm not sure
>>>>> what
>>>>> the loading restrictions are. Radio Shack has a Repeater, but I
>>>>> don't
>>>>> want to spend another $130, which was the price of the Router.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Ed-
>>>>>
>>>>> Tel-Tek Electronics
>>>>> teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Ontario-Canada
>>>>>
>>>>>
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