Need to boost my router signal. HELP

I need to boost my wireless signal from my router. My shop is about 50 ft
from my home . If I leave the walkin door open to the shop I can receive
wireless but when I close the doors . Which it is winter here in Iowa so I
have to keep the door closed :-) The signal disappeers to the extent it will
not work.
Is there any type of booster/repeater I could use ?
Thanks,
Raz

On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:39:20 -0600, "The Webbers Hilltop Cycle ATV"
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>I need to boost my wireless signal from my router. My shop is about 50 ft
>from my home . If I leave the walkin door open to the shop I can receive
>wireless but when I close the doors . Which it is winter here in Iowa so I
>have to keep the door closed :-) The signal disappeers to the extent it will
>not work.
>Is there any type of booster/repeater I could use ?

Assuming the door is just wood (not steel) and not too thick, a
high-gain antenna or reflector might help. See wikis below.

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The Webbers Hilltop Cycle ATV <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I need to boost my wireless signal from my router. My shop is about 50 ft
> from my home . If I leave the walkin door open to the shop I can receive

If you have some signal, a simple reflector on the router might make things
very good. You could also use a USB client adapter in the shop that has a
directional antenna included, or has an antenna where you could put another
reflector.

http://www.freeantennas.com EZ-12, printed on photo paper for thick stock,
with aluminum foil glued to the sail, provides a substantial boost in
signal. http://www.rahul.net/dold/clarence/EZ12-windsurfer.jpg
http://www.rahul.net/dold/clarence/w...fer-dining.JPG The netstumbler
trace shows solid signal as I walked back to the router, a dropout as I
blocked the router, taking off the reflector, and then the lower signal
without the reflector, reduced, and fluctuating in level.

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The Webbers Hilltop Cycle ATV wrote:
> I need to boost my wireless signal from my router. My shop is about
> 50 ft from my home . If I leave the walkin door open to the shop I
> can receive wireless but when I close the doors . Which it is winter
> here in Iowa so I have to keep the door closed :-) The signal
> disappeers to the extent it will not work.
> Is there any type of booster/repeater I could use ?
> Thanks,
> Raz

Had that problem with my shop in northern idaho (north of rathdrum, very
rural area, no cable or dsl, 90 miles south of the canadian border)... was a
steel door, turned out the walls were not corrugated fiberglass like I
thought, but actually anodized/colored/corrugated steel and blocked the
wireless signal, in addition, had a metal snow roof on the building so it
was blocked from up top too. When I ran more power to the shop (100 amp -
for my arc welder compressor etc) from the meter at the house, I was able to
use powerline networking, and just had a wap/router on it so I had
wired/wireless in the shop, same as in the house..
Bout $140 for the powerline networking stuff
(http://www.netgear.com/Products/Powe...tAdapters.aspx)
and a Linksys wrt54g wap/router ($49.88 at walmart
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=2470125 )
side Benefit was that during the spring (lots of green stuff grew), and
winter (lots of snow to attentuate wireless), stuff kept working fine...
Not sure of your exact location, but I would bet you are probably in the
same sort of climate...