Extending range

A friend of mine wants to connect up to his daughter and son-inlaw's DSL.
They live in a mobile home about 100 to 150 feet away. they have a Actiontec
wireless DSL modem and gateway model GT701-WG. He has a fairly new DELL
laptop (corporate model) with WIFI built in. He can logon to it if he is
inside their mobile home (aluminum) but not from his house. Any sugestions
on how he can extend their range?

thanks,
Terry




Terry Kangas

There are several wireless adapters which
can be connected to the USB slots on
computers which will probably solve
the problem. 150 is not difficult. However,
built-in computer wireless is better when
used at hotels, airports, starbucks etc.,
but not for difficult situations. It might
be worthwhile to take a look at the
Engenius site. Or, a good tech with
soem wi-fi experience can probably
fix it for you. Luck

http://www.radiolabs.com/index.php

http://engeniustech.com/datacom/products/

Terry Kangas <kterryatpacifier.com> wrote:
> A friend of mine wants to connect up to his daughter and son-inlaw's DSL.
> They live in a mobile home about 100 to 150 feet away. they have a Actiontec
> wireless DSL modem and gateway model GT701-WG. He has a fairly new DELL
> laptop (corporate model) with WIFI built in. He can logon to it if he is
> inside their mobile home (aluminum) but not from his house. Any sugestions
> on how he can extend their range?

Who is where?
Is the WAP inside the aluminum house, or is that where the laptop needs to be?

Hawking and others have USB clients built into antennas. That might be
handy. He could put the unit in a window, to get out of the aluminum
shield.
<http://www.hawkingtech.com/products/productlist.php?CatID=32&FamID=60&ProdID=280>

Even a small USB dongle might work, if placed in a window.

If it's the WAP in the mobile home, it might help to move to to a window.
The WAP might benefit from some free reflectors.
http://www.freeantennas.com EZ-12, Windsurfer reflector.
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

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