ma2mgt
Newbie   Posts: 2 Registered: 22/7/07 Status: Offline |
posted on 22/7/07 at 17:01
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hi there, quick question about how to boost my wireless system... I have a
summer house / office at the end of my garden - 50 meters away from my
wireless router. occasionally I can get a very very low signal but would
like to boost it to get a reliably good connection.
I currently have a bt voyager 2100 router.
What do you suggest that it is i need? a better antenna? booster/ amplifier
or bridging kit?!
cheers,
Matt
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Fellsider
Full Member   Posts: 50 Registered: 11/11/04 Status: Offline |
posted on 23/7/07 at 14:55 |
I take it you're trying to get a connection on a wireless laptop Matt?
If you have a window overlooking the summerhouse? Try changing the position
of your router.
Another suggestion is a cheap AP like a Pheenet 554G connected to a spare
LAN port on your router. Dump the supplied detachable antenna on the AP, in
favour of a directional free standing 8/10db panel. Pheenet do a nice
little unit, mod no - ANT008PS. Again, this will probably only work in a
window overlooking the summerhouse.
The only sure way of getting a stable link would be AP and client with
direct LOS using external antennas.
Let’s know how you get on. ____________________
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ma2mgt
Newbie Posts: 2 Registered: 22/7/07 Status: Offline |
posted on 23/7/07 at 15:22 |
hi thanks for the reply...
i have my router in the window facing the summer house but as its quite a
long garden the recption is either non-existant or poor... the summerhouse
has a desktop but yes i need a laptop connection up there aswell.
so you suggest a access point, which i connect to my router and add to it a
more powerful antena pointed at the summerhouse? is that correct?
M |
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Fellsider
Full Member Posts: 50 Registered: 11/11/04 Status: Offline |
posted on 24/7/07 at 14:58 |
With the standard ant on your router you should get 50m without too much of
a problem, even through a window.
I suspect your problem is at the summerhouse end. Take your laptop and have
a wander up the garden. I’d be surprised if you hadn’t at least 3 bars
outside the building.
I’ve used USB AP’s with built in 10db directional panel antennas in similar
circumstances.
Sorry to bang on about Pheenet but I use their stuff all the time. The
WLU-805G for £35 would be my first recommendation (Vista drivers
available). Plug and play so you could swap between Desktop and Laptop.
Again aim for a window location in the summerhouse for the unit; it does
come with a meter (ish) lead which can be extended.
You can view the above at www.solwise.co.uk/wireless-wlu-805g.htm. ____________________
Mick |
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