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 -- Intrepid Video TV/VCR Repair 263 S Front St, Steelton PA 17113 717-939-7708; (F) 717-564-4952 www.intrepid-video.com www.tech-repair.net ----- 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 >> >> >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Lost Password: >> http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". >> Email Archives: >> //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ >> > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/