extending range

OK, I have computer at point A, wired to Belkin router which is wired to
broadband.

At point B, laptop (centrino) sees the network; ie, it sees the computer
at point A. Excellent signal.

At point C, which is twice as far away, laptop has no signal from point
A. (But this is where I want the laptop to be).

If I move the router to point B (ie midway), the laptop can see it from
both point A and point C.

So can I put the router back to point A where it belongs (the only
broadband) and put a wireless thing at point B to extend the signal to
point C?

You will see that I have advanced technical knowledge. Please bear in
mind if kind enough to respond.
--
Trevor Wright


Trevor Wright

In article <bjB$(E-Mail Removed)>, Trevor Wright
says...
> OK, I have computer at point A, wired to Belkin router which is wired to
> broadband.
>
> At point B, laptop (centrino) sees the network; ie, it sees the computer
> at point A. Excellent signal.
>
> At point C, which is twice as far away, laptop has no signal from point
> A. (But this is where I want the laptop to be).
>
> If I move the router to point B (ie midway), the laptop can see it from
> both point A and point C.
>
> So can I put the router back to point A where it belongs (the only
> broadband) and put a wireless thing at point B to extend the signal to
> point C?
>
> You will see that I have advanced technical knowledge. Please bear in
> mind if kind enough to respond.
>
LOL, no problem. What you are wanting is a wireless access point
working in repeater mode. The good news is that they exist. The bad
news is they are usually problematic to get working and it halves the
speed of the WiFi LAN as everything is being received and
retransmitted.

The problem is that laptops with built in centrino typically have a
poor antenna system and this is the biggest problem. Using PCI cards
with external antennas, I can go from the back of my house, throught
two walls across two twenty foot gardens to the living room of my
sister in laws across the street, getting 85% signal strength.

If it was me and it all works when the router is at point B, I'd put it
there and run an extension cable for the phone line and put a PCI WiFi
card in the computer at Point A. It's the cheapest option and you've
proved it works.



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Conor

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as open to entry as a starlet in a porno. Steve B

"Trevor Wright" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:bjB$(E-Mail Removed)...
> OK, I have computer at point A, wired to Belkin router which is wired to
> broadband.
>
> At point B, laptop (centrino) sees the network; ie, it sees the computer
> at point A. Excellent signal.
>
> At point C, which is twice as far away, laptop has no signal from point A.
> (But this is where I want the laptop to be).
>
> If I move the router to point B (ie midway), the laptop can see it from
> both point A and point C.
>
> So can I put the router back to point A where it belongs (the only
> broadband) and put a wireless thing at point B to extend the signal to
> point C?
>
> You will see that I have advanced technical knowledge. Please bear in
> mind if kind enough to respond.
> --
> Trevor Wright

You could buy a big aerial to fit onto the router. They look like a small
fluorescent tube and will increase the range quite a bit. You could also
mke one from a few bits of wire but it will be best to buy one. PC World
sell them as I saw a few the other week.
The range from a router is usually enough to cover a few houses up and down
a street. Check the power output is actually on FULL.

In message <(E-Mail Removed)> , Conor
<(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>
>The problem is that laptops with built in centrino typically have a
>poor antenna system and this is the biggest problem. Using PCI cards
>with external antennas, I can go from the back of my house, throught
>two walls across two twenty foot gardens to the living room of my
>sister in laws across the street, getting 85% signal strength.

Thanks. Actually I have a wireless laptop card which I'm not using.
Would using that instead of the centrino make any difference?
--
Trevor Wright

In message <GwaAf.8230$(E-Mail Removed)>, ctl
<(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>
>You could buy a big aerial to fit onto the router.

Thanks. I wonder though how or whether I can do that. My Belkin
appears to have nowhere to attach an aerial. It has two stubby plastic
antennae that look as though they should extend telescopically but don't
- they're about three inches long. I can't see where I would plug in
anything else?
>
>

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Trevor Wright

On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 08:42:58 +0000, Trevor Wright
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I can't see where I would plug in
>anything else?

you would have to do some mechanical adjustments to get the existing
aerial off and access the socket. May be easier to buy an access point
knowing it can take an antenna.

Phil
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In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Trevor Wright
says...
> In message <(E-Mail Removed)> , Conor
> <(E-Mail Removed)> writes
> >
> >The problem is that laptops with built in centrino typically have a
> >poor antenna system and this is the biggest problem. Using PCI cards
> >with external antennas, I can go from the back of my house, throught
> >two walls across two twenty foot gardens to the living room of my
> >sister in laws across the street, getting 85% signal strength.
>
> Thanks. Actually I have a wireless laptop card which I'm not using.
> Would using that instead of the centrino make any difference?
>
It may. They're marginally better but IME I've found laptops with built
in, PCMCIA cards and USB adapters all equally useless.

--
Conor

Windows & Outlook/OE in particular, shipped with settings making them
as open to entry as a starlet in a porno. Steve B

> Thanks. I wonder though how or whether I can do that. My Belkin
> appears to have nowhere to attach an aerial. It has two stubby plastic
> antennae that look as though they should extend telescopically but don't
> - they're about three inches long. I can't see where I would plug in
> anything else?

Hey Trevor,

Which model is your belkin router? It'll be something like FxDxxxx.

Cheers,
Josh

josh<underscore>watson<at>mail<dot>ru