How do I make wireless router a "repeater"?

I live TWO blocks form university campus where Internet
is free.... but just far enough to NOT get the signal
on my laptop.

Can I buy a wireless router.... sit it on a high
shelf.... configure it as a repeater to grab the
university signal...and have it re-broadcast the signal
in my apartment?

On Tue, 14 Dec 2010 11:05:54 -0600, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>I live TWO blocks form university campus where Internet
>is free.... but just far enough to NOT get the signal
>on my laptop.
>
>Can I buy a wireless router.... sit it on a high
>shelf.... configure it as a repeater to grab the
>university signal...and have it re-broadcast the signal
>in my apartment?

You could try that.... I don't think it would work, but it might. (Are
you able to conncet with your laptop on a high shelf?) A better
approach might be to get something like this....

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=ATVPDKIKX0DER

this would be very likely to work if you happen to have a window
facing the direction of the university transmitter.
--
Charlie Hoffpauir

Everything is what it is because it got that way....D'Arcy Thompson

Charlie Hoffpauir <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>You could try that.... I don't think it would work, but it might. (Are
>you able to conncet with your laptop on a high shelf?


Don't know have to get up there and give it a try.


>approach might be to get something like this....
>
>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=ATVPDKIKX0DER
>
>this would be very likely to work if you happen to have a window
>facing the direction of the university transmitter.

Problem with device above is I do move around inside of
apartment with my laptop and would prefer no wires
attached to it

On 12/14/2010 17:25, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Charlie Hoffpauir<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> You could try that.... I don't think it would work, but it might. (Are
>> you able to conncet with your laptop on a high shelf?
>
>
> Don't know have to get up there and give it a try.
>
>
>> approach might be to get something like this....
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=ATVPDKIKX0DER
>>
>> this would be very likely to work if you happen to have a window
>> facing the direction of the university transmitter.
>
> Problem with device above is I do move around inside of
> apartment with my laptop and would prefer no wires
> attached to it


[University WLAN] -> directional wireless antenna -> WAN port
of wireless router -> LAN ports/wireless SSID of router ->
your stations

Any cheap broadband wireless router will work. There will be
a WAN side and a LAN side. Let the WAN side pick up a DHCP
connection from the University. YOu could use DHCP on the LAN side
or configure a subnet of static ips. A LAN subnet will be a different
subnet than the University. I.E., WAN side of router 192.168.1.x
LAN side 192.168.128.x

Easy and will give you a chance to learn a little routing.

On Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:34:17 -0800, Ran Garoo <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>On 12/14/2010 17:25, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>> Charlie Hoffpauir<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>> You could try that.... I don't think it would work, but it might. (Are
>>> you able to conncet with your laptop on a high shelf?
>>
>>
>> Don't know have to get up there and give it a try.
>>
>>
>>> approach might be to get something like this....
>>>
>>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=ATVPDKIKX0DER
>>>
>>> this would be very likely to work if you happen to have a window
>>> facing the direction of the university transmitter.
>>
>> Problem with device above is I do move around inside of
>> apartment with my laptop and would prefer no wires
>> attached to it
>
>
>[University WLAN] -> directional wireless antenna -> WAN port
>of wireless router -> LAN ports/wireless SSID of router ->
>your stations

Nitpick mode...the directional wireless antenna will not be connected
to the router's WAN port, it will be connected to one of the antenna
jacks, and the router will be configured as a wireless client bridge.

>Any cheap broadband wireless router will work. There will be
>a WAN side and a LAN side. Let the WAN side pick up a DHCP
>connection from the University. YOu could use DHCP on the LAN side
>or configure a subnet of static ips. A LAN subnet will be a different
>subnet than the University. I.E., WAN side of router 192.168.1.x
>LAN side 192.168.128.x
>
>Easy and will give you a chance to learn a little routing.

Dr Cox <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>.the directional wireless antenna

What would be a good brand/model wireless antenna to
buy for such a use?

On 12/14/2010 23:53, Dr Cox wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:34:17 -0800, Ran Garoo<(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>> On 12/14/2010 17:25, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>>> Charlie Hoffpauir<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>
>>>> You could try that.... I don't think it would work, but it might. (Are
>>>> you able to conncet with your laptop on a high shelf?
>>>
>>>
>>> Don't know have to get up there and give it a try.
>>>
>>>
>>>> approach might be to get something like this....
>>>>
>>>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=ATVPDKIKX0DER
>>>>
>>>> this would be very likely to work if you happen to have a window
>>>> facing the direction of the university transmitter.
>>>
>>> Problem with device above is I do move around inside of
>>> apartment with my laptop and would prefer no wires
>>> attached to it
>>
>>
>> [University WLAN] -> directional wireless antenna -> WAN port
>> of wireless router -> LAN ports/wireless SSID of router ->
>> your stations
>
> Nitpick mode...the directional wireless antenna will not be connected
> to the router's WAN port, it will be connected to one of the antenna
> jacks, and the router will be configured as a wireless client bridge.
>

nit-nitpick: doesn't have to be a bridge.
N.B. most ~cheap broadband routers are notorious for being hard to bridge
and a lot of nsp modems have bridging blocked.

>> Any cheap broadband wireless router will work. There will be
>> a WAN side and a LAN side. Let the WAN side pick up a DHCP
>> connection from the University. YOu could use DHCP on the LAN side
>> or configure a subnet of static ips. A LAN subnet will be a different
>> subnet than the University. I.E., WAN side of router 192.168.1.x
>> LAN side 192.168.128.x
>>
>> Easy and will give you a chance to learn a little routing.
>

On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 11:14:22 -0800, Ran Garoo <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>On 12/14/2010 23:53, Dr Cox wrote:
>> On Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:34:17 -0800, Ran Garoo<(E-Mail Removed)>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 12/14/2010 17:25, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>>>> Charlie Hoffpauir<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> You could try that.... I don't think it would work, but it might. (Are
>>>>> you able to conncet with your laptop on a high shelf?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Don't know have to get up there and give it a try.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> approach might be to get something like this....
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=ATVPDKIKX0DER
>>>>>
>>>>> this would be very likely to work if you happen to have a window
>>>>> facing the direction of the university transmitter.
>>>>
>>>> Problem with device above is I do move around inside of
>>>> apartment with my laptop and would prefer no wires
>>>> attached to it
>>>
>>>
>>> [University WLAN] -> directional wireless antenna -> WAN port
>>> of wireless router -> LAN ports/wireless SSID of router ->
>>> your stations
>>
>> Nitpick mode...the directional wireless antenna will not be connected
>> to the router's WAN port, it will be connected to one of the antenna
>> jacks, and the router will be configured as a wireless client bridge.
>>
>
>nit-nitpick: doesn't have to be a bridge.

The only two options I'm aware of are wireless client bridge, and
wireless client. Neither option has you connecting anything to the
router's WAN port, and in no case will you ever connect an antenna to
the WAN port. Am I missing something?

On 12/15/2010 11:23, Dr Cox wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 11:14:22 -0800, Ran Garoo<(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>> On 12/14/2010 23:53, Dr Cox wrote:
>>> On Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:34:17 -0800, Ran Garoo<(E-Mail Removed)>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 12/14/2010 17:25, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>>>>> Charlie Hoffpauir<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> You could try that.... I don't think it would work, but it might. (Are
>>>>>> you able to conncet with your laptop on a high shelf?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Don't know have to get up there and give it a try.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> approach might be to get something like this....
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=ATVPDKIKX0DER
>>>>>>
>>>>>> this would be very likely to work if you happen to have a window
>>>>>> facing the direction of the university transmitter.
>>>>>
>>>>> Problem with device above is I do move around inside of
>>>>> apartment with my laptop and would prefer no wires
>>>>> attached to it
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [University WLAN] -> directional wireless antenna -> WAN port
>>>> of wireless router -> LAN ports/wireless SSID of router ->
>>>> your stations
>>>
>>> Nitpick mode...the directional wireless antenna will not be connected
>>> to the router's WAN port, it will be connected to one of the antenna
>>> jacks, and the router will be configured as a wireless client bridge.
>>>
>>
>> nit-nitpick: doesn't have to be a bridge.
>
> The only two options I'm aware of are wireless client bridge, and
> wireless client. Neither option has you connecting anything to the
> router's WAN port, and in no case will you ever connect an antenna to
> the WAN port. Am I missing something?
>
You're right.
I was looking at some Hawking kit that had a directional and built-in
wireless nic - but that is not the same thing.

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I live TWO blocks form university campus where Internet
> is free.... but just far enough to NOT get the signal
> on my laptop.
>

Have you actually tried using your laptop over at the Univ ?

Most "free" Univ networks require you to login using your student ID,
or have your hardware MAC address registered within the network...