Does a wifi "repeater" exist?

Does a repeater exist for wifi?

A device that one could mount up high that receives a
signal, amplifies it, and rebroadcasts it?

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Does a repeater exist for wifi?
>
> A device that one could mount up high that receives a
> signal, amplifies it, and rebroadcasts it?

Repeater not exactly by that name, however there are some that can broadcast
whatever it is fed ( see
http://www.cellantenna.com/repeater/...anwireless.htm ) I have one
up on the garage roof and cabled to a router

There are several consumer grade repeaters out there, and i'm guessing thats
what your asking about, but unfortunately they switch between transmit and
receive (quickly) and cut your thruput in half, so to keep up speed you may
want to look at other things/plan B (that's why I went with the thing above,
I have wired where feasible, and wireless where not, gives me lots of
flexibilty and the best of both

"Peter Pan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I have one
>up on the garage roof and cabled to a router

How is it working out for you?

(E-Mail Removed) wrote the following on 3/18/2008 12:33:
> Does a repeater exist for wifi?
>
> A device that one could mount up high that receives a
> signal, amplifies it, and rebroadcasts it?

I run a WAP54G in "repeater mode" to get good coverage on the second
floor of my home. The main router is a Linksys WRT54GS. The WAP54G will
only work in repeater mode with another Linksys router - maybe only the
WRT54 series.

This arrangement is about 4-5 years old and runs 24/7. About 3-4 times a
year some weird unknown thing happens and I'll have to reboot everything
to re-establish network connectivity.

They're located about 50 ft apart. Measured file transfer speed (big
file and stopwatch method) from 2nd floor to router to wired computer is
roughly 2 Mbit/sec. This speed wouldn't make me happy, but the rest of
the family is satisfied.

Lance
*****

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> "Peter Pan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> I have one
>> up on the garage roof and cabled to a router
>
> How is it working out for you?

Adequately, I live on 10 acres in northern idaho, and cept in the months
when there is a lot of foliage that blocks the signal, works okay on my
laptop and pda, (outside dsl and cable areas, so I have sat internet tied
into my home network)... unfortunately it works best in the winter, cept
there was over 3 feet of snow on the ground, so It was a bit too cold
out/hard to walk around.....

As an aside, that was the cheaper consumer way, (now) in the area (spokane
washington) Skynet of spokane (http://www.spokaneskynet.com/) has a several
hundred square mile hotspot, with commercial grade repeaters on the
mountains in the area (last count, 20.... they spent lots of bucks, but it's
really cool)

Where do you live at? There are several other commercial nets already
available, you may want to check online to see if there is already one in
your area.....

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Does a repeater exist for wifi?
>
> A device that one could mount up high that receives a
> signal, amplifies it, and rebroadcasts it?

What kind of sped do you want? How far the distance? How much money
do you want to spend?

When we go horseback riding and camping in the grasslands, I set up a
mast on my truck and pipe my 10 Meg DSL signal ten miles from town down
into the valleys to my laptops and still have a 10 Meg endpoint
connection.

"Peter Pan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Where do you live at? There are several other commercial nets already
>available, you may want to check online to see if there is already one in
>your area.....

Hannibal Missouri

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> "Peter Pan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> Where do you live at? There are several other commercial nets already
>> available, you may want to check online to see if there is already
>> one in your area.....
>
> Hannibal Missouri

Check http://www.onelasvegas.com/wireless and click on the state and follow
the links... does show a red dot for Hannibal, but have no idea if you can
get it.....

Peter Pan wrote:
> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>> "Peter Pan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>> Where do you live at? There are several other commercial nets
>>> already available, you may want to check online to see if there is
>>> already one in your area.....
>>
>> Hannibal Missouri
>
> Check http://www.onelasvegas.com/wireless and click on the state and
> follow the links... does show a red dot for Hannibal, but have no
> idea if you can get it.....

Forgot, have wireless on your 'puter already? If so, you may want to fire up
the free program netstumbler (download it at http://www.netstumbler.com/ )

IMO looking at maps/dots/shaded areas etc, doesn't mean as much as actually
trying something to see if it works, and if there is a signal where you have
your machne... Did I menton it is free?

"Peter Pan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>IMO looking at maps/dots/shaded areas etc, doesn't mean as much as actually
>trying something to see if it works, and if there is a signal where you have
>your machne... Did I menton it is free?

What exactly is a 'commercial net" for WIFI?

What is in it for them to broadcast free wifi signals?