Boost WiFi Signal?

I need to boost a WiFi signal. Not with the cheesy little wifi
extenders.....but with a unit powerful enough to cover a whole neighborhood.

My client is a real estate developer that wants to place a wifi router in a
model home and be able to use his notebook anywhere in the subdivision.

They own every lot in the subdivision and are beginning to build homes on
these lots. So, there should be no problem as far as their signal stepping
on anyone else.

Has anyone seen plans for such a booster online that I could modify for
their use?

Jim Hubbard wrote:
> I need to boost a WiFi signal. Not with the cheesy little wifi
> extenders.....but with a unit powerful enough to cover a whole
> neighborhood.
> My client is a real estate developer that wants to place a wifi
> router in a model home and be able to use his notebook anywhere in
> the subdivision.
> They own every lot in the subdivision and are beginning to build
> homes on these lots. So, there should be no problem as far as their
> signal stepping on anyone else.
>
> Has anyone seen plans for such a booster online that I could modify
> for their use?

Plans no, but if you want to look at a website for a business that does all
sorts of large WiFI setups, check out http://www.vivato.com/

Jim Hubbard wrote:
> I need to boost a WiFi signal. Not with the cheesy little wifi
> extenders.....but with a unit powerful enough to cover a whole neighborhood.
>
> My client is a real estate developer that wants to place a wifi router in a

You're taking customers for your service and you don't know enough to
ask the right questions?

> model home and be able to use his notebook anywhere in the subdivision.
>
> They own every lot in the subdivision and are beginning to build homes on
> these lots. So, there should be no problem as far as their signal stepping
> on anyone else.
>
> Has anyone seen plans for such a booster online that I could modify for
> their use?

Put an outside access point and antenna high above the roof of the model
home, run cat5 inside to a POE injector. That's one possible solution.
I'm sure there's many more. The size of the subdivision, the size,
number and placement of trees, lots of things will affect the design of
a wireless network.

"Jim Hubbard" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>I need to boost a WiFi signal. Not with the cheesy little wifi
>extenders.....but with a unit powerful enough to cover a whole neighborhood.
>
>My client is a real estate developer that wants to place a wifi router in a
>model home and be able to use his notebook anywhere in the subdivision.
>
>They own every lot in the subdivision and are beginning to build homes on
>these lots. So, there should be no problem as far as their signal stepping
>on anyone else.
>
>Has anyone seen plans for such a booster online that I could modify for
>their use?

I was tempted to write a sarcastic proposal that you simply
build a 200 foot tower in the center of the sub division... the
whole thing need not cost more than a few hundred thousand.

I won't bore you with the fun details (which would perhaps tickle
my imagination a lot more than yours??).

How big is this subdividsion. What kind of homes (one story or two?),
what kind of trees, hills, and basic topography? Any predominate high
points for good antenna locations (or obvious low points that will
be hard to reach)?

Absent a handy 200 foot tower, would a cell phone be a better
idea?

--
Floyd L. Davidson <http://web.newsguy.com/floyd_davidson>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) (E-Mail Removed)

http://www.proxim.com has plenty of products you can use, not cheaply
though...

"Jim Hubbard" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:YtydnXtId9k3XZvfRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I need to boost a WiFi signal. Not with the cheesy little wifi
>extenders.....but with a unit powerful enough to cover a whole
>neighborhood.
>
> My client is a real estate developer that wants to place a wifi router in
> a model home and be able to use his notebook anywhere in the subdivision.
>
> They own every lot in the subdivision and are beginning to build homes on
> these lots. So, there should be no problem as far as their signal
> stepping on anyone else.
>
> Has anyone seen plans for such a booster online that I could modify for
> their use?
>
>
>

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5748486947
Could he not use these. They go a 1/2 mile pretty easy. If his access point
is in the center could he not plug three more into the same computer'USB'
point them 4 different ways and bridge the connection.

"Jim Hubbard" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:YtydnXtId9k3XZvfRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I need to boost a WiFi signal. Not with the cheesy little wifi
>extenders.....but with a unit powerful enough to cover a whole
>neighborhood.
>
> My client is a real estate developer that wants to place a wifi router in
> a model home and be able to use his notebook anywhere in the subdivision.
>
> They own every lot in the subdivision and are beginning to build homes on
> these lots. So, there should be no problem as far as their signal
> stepping on anyone else.
>
> Has anyone seen plans for such a booster online that I could modify for
> their use?
>
>
>

Your client should find a System Integrated/VAR/Consultant that really knows
WiFi...


"Jim Hubbard" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:YtydnXtId9k3XZvfRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
: I need to boost a WiFi signal. Not with the cheesy little wifi
: extenders.....but with a unit powerful enough to cover a whole
neighborhood.
:
: My client is a real estate developer that wants to place a wifi router in
a
: model home and be able to use his notebook anywhere in the subdivision.
:
: They own every lot in the subdivision and are beginning to build homes on
: these lots. So, there should be no problem as far as their signal
stepping
: on anyone else.
:
: Has anyone seen plans for such a booster online that I could modify for
: their use?
:
:
:

"Jim Hubbard" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:YtydnXtId9k3XZvfRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I need to boost a WiFi signal. Not with the cheesy little wifi
> extenders.....but with a unit powerful enough to cover a whole
neighborhood.
>
> My client is a real estate developer that wants to place a wifi router in
a
> model home and be able to use his notebook anywhere in the subdivision.
>
> They own every lot in the subdivision and are beginning to build homes on
> these lots. So, there should be no problem as far as their signal
stepping
> on anyone else.
>
> Has anyone seen plans for such a booster online that I could modify for
> their use?
>

Why not have him go with one of the commercial offerings to do that on his
notebook?

Three WRT54GS WAPs. Set first to Channel 1, second to Channel 6 and third
to Channel 11. Each has a directional antenna, with perhaps 150 degree
field of coverage. Put on high point, as high as local code will permit.
Use the SveaSoft replacement firmware to adjust the power output, relative
to the gain of the antenna, so as toavoid violating FCC regulations.

Have him get an Proxim Orinoco Gold, Compex, Buffalo or other card which
supports external antennas, so if he needs one, he doesn't have to change
the WNIC in his notebook PC.
http://www.buffalotech.com/products/...p?productid=32
http://www.cpx.com/products.asp?c=Wi...ucts&d=&page=2

Many plans in WIRELESS HACKS and other books on 802.11b/g for cheap and
effective external antennas.

On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 20:12:49 -0500, "Jim Hubbard" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>I need to boost a WiFi signal. Not with the cheesy little wifi
>extenders.....but with a unit powerful enough to cover a whole neighborhood.
>
>My client is a real estate developer that wants to place a wifi router in a
>model home and be able to use his notebook anywhere in the subdivision.
>
>They own every lot in the subdivision and are beginning to build homes on
>these lots. So, there should be no problem as far as their signal stepping
>on anyone else.
>
>Has anyone seen plans for such a booster online that I could modify for
>their use?
>
>
>

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Three WRT54GS WAPs. Set first to Channel 1, second to Channel 6 and third
> to Channel 11. Each has a directional antenna, with perhaps 150 degree
> field of coverage. Put on high point, as high as local code will permit.
> Use the SveaSoft replacement firmware to adjust the power output, relative
> to the gain of the antenna, so as toavoid violating FCC regulations.
>

The OP provided zero information about the actual size of the
"neighborhood". There is no way to suggest anything based on the total lack
of information.