Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General Common Interests Making Wireless signal reach further?

Originally posted by Pigeon:

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Originally posted by johnwilliams474:

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well you can take a look at this site and make your own
here
or here


but ive had wireless for a long time now and unless your gonna
spend alot of money and get profesinal wirless routers and cards like the big companys do your gonna get disconnects i often loose the signil in my house in the same room it gets annoying sometimes i only use wirless when i need to


i recomend buying some cat 5 cable
and running either under ground (dig a shallow trench)

or something like that yall are neighbors so it shoudn't take to much wire

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If you can't maintain a wireless connection you need better equipment. I've got a Toshiba 802.11b router and a Hawking USB receiver/antenna and haven't dropped my household network in a year. I can also access several of my neighbors' networks too (though they're smart enough to keep them locked down so I can't get on they networks they show up with good signal strength).

You can build your own high-gain antenna or buy one to extend the range of your network. Either one will be easier and cheape than trying to run Cat5 cable to a neighbor...

Scott

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