I just installed a wireless netork for a friend using the Linksys Speed Booster router. However, my friend's house has a lot of walls. How can I increase the range of the wireless devise?
Thanks,
JP

[Edited on 23/5/2004 by festprint]

hi duke

well regarding the issue you need to have an access point.......
you can buy an access point for llinksys....

and yeh may i know what is the distance between the router and the wireless device...
let me know the whole scenario so that i can tell guide more about it...

-SAM

Sam,

Thanks for the reply. The distance is 60 ft as most but my friend has 2 walls in between, the doors are quite wide.
What do think if I change the channel in the router?
I've heard that there is a new model for this booster system.

Thanks,
Duke

well duke,

what i suggest you is to better get an access point.......
because changing the channels in the router will help you in somewat way...
if the channel is 6 at present better change it to 11...
the default channel on which the linksys wireless router works is channel 6....

and buying an access point will really help you in boosting up the signals////
rather you can make wireless connection between the router & access point...

i will let you know the settings which have to be made in access point....once you get it...

better buy for linksys ...

-SAM

Sam,

Thanks a lot for the advise.

duke

ur welcome..... i m there for each & every time...

-SAM

To increase wireless internet signal, use a Wireless Signal Booster. I found one that is really cool and easy to use. Check it out at www.emergingwifi.com and look for the BA24.

I use it on my Linksys BEFW11S4, and it increased my coverage bubble from about 30 ft. to about 300 ft. in a residential home setting.

Check this article about the New Linksys Antenna As Range and Signal Booster For Wireless-B Wireless-G http://www.wi-fitechnology.com/displayarticle1295.html

Or the Linksys Wireless-G Range Expander (WRE54G) here http://www.wi-fitechnology.com/displayarticle1251.html

There are few things that you can check on.

1. Placement. If the ap is at one end of the house and you're trying to pass through the entire house and all of it's walls, then perhaps you could place the ap more central in the house.

2. Look for interference. Some phones run on 2.4 Ghz. If your friend has one or there's another in the neighborhood. Configure for another channel. Perhaps there's someone in the neighborhood who also is using wireless B or G , in that case also get off their channel and take one that's independient of theirs. You'll need a 5 channel seperation to have almost no interchannel interference. Commonly channels 1 6 and 11 are 3 independent channels.

3. These days most ap's have strong enough radios to get through a good sized home that would include one with a basement as well. Look at your client card. I noticed that the imbedded Intel Radios stink. I set up a laptop for someone and had that situation and got a card that went into the pcmcia slot , because the intel radio was/is so bad. Rmember for connectivity you're dependient upon the sender's radio and the receivers radio. In most cases one should get an ap and client card from the same manufacture because they do something proprietary to 802.11.

I noticed that router has B and G only. I think Linksys may also make a model with mimo in it. Mimo will also give you better rate and range however in that case you do have to have an ap that has a mimo radio and a client card with a mimo radio.

Placement is the most significant factor. The rf and power of the rf is static because you have a fixed radio, fixed antenna and no way of improving power. RF is sensitive to polarity and interference from either structures in the house or other radios. Look for these and try to move the ap so that it's signal is stronger to where the clients are located. Also as I said above , improve the clients also.

respectfully,


Larry Zeitman
lzeitman@firetide.com