Upgrade Antenna???

Looking to upgrade a 2.4ghz / 802.11g antenna on a Netgear router.

Has anyone upgraded to a 5dbi antenna connected to their router with a 20
foot or longer cable and had it mounted in their attic? I have a range
problem and would like to centrally locate the antenna to get better
coverage.

Any websites selling the antennas and cable would be helpful.

Thanks-

Give these folks a try. The have been pretty good by me.

http://www.jefatech.com/

Al..
"Tom C." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Looking to upgrade a 2.4ghz / 802.11g antenna on a Netgear router.
>
> Has anyone upgraded to a 5dbi antenna connected to their router with a 20
> foot or longer cable and had it mounted in their attic? I have a range
> problem and would like to centrally locate the antenna to get better
> coverage.
>
> Any websites selling the antennas and cable would be helpful.
>
> Thanks-
>
>

Tom C. <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Looking to upgrade a 2.4ghz / 802.11g antenna on a Netgear router.

> Has anyone upgraded to a 5dbi antenna connected to their router with a 20
> foot or longer cable and had it mounted in their attic? I have a range
> problem and would like to centrally locate the antenna to get better
> coverage.

Try some free reflectors before spending money on an external antenna.
http://www.freeantennas.com I like the EZ-10.
< http://www.rahul.net/dold/clarence/S...0-strength.htm >

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8-122.5

On Fri, 7 May 2004 23:10:47 +0000 (UTC), (E-Mail Removed)
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>Tom C. <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> Looking to upgrade a 2.4ghz / 802.11g antenna on a Netgear router.
>
>> Has anyone upgraded to a 5dbi antenna connected to their router with a 20
>> foot or longer cable and had it mounted in their attic? I have a range
>> problem and would like to centrally locate the antenna to get better
>> coverage.
>
>Try some free reflectors before spending money on an external antenna.
>http://www.freeantennas.com I like the EZ-10.
>< http://www.rahul.net/dold/clarence/S...0-strength.htm >


Are there similar antenna designs available for 802.11b wireless aps?

Ham

You'll kill your signal with 20' of cable. It would be better to mount the
AP closer to the attic, and run 20' of CAT5 to it.

Bill Crocker


"Tom C." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Looking to upgrade a 2.4ghz / 802.11g antenna on a Netgear router.
>
> Has anyone upgraded to a 5dbi antenna connected to their router with a 20
> foot or longer cable and had it mounted in their attic? I have a range
> problem and would like to centrally locate the antenna to get better
> coverage.
>
> Any websites selling the antennas and cable would be helpful.
>
> Thanks-
>
>

Hamish McStill <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> On Fri, 7 May 2004 23:10:47 +0000 (UTC), (E-Mail Removed)
>>Try some free reflectors before spending money on an external antenna.
>>http://www.freeantennas.com I like the EZ-10.
>>< http://www.rahul.net/dold/clarence/S...0-strength.htm >


> Are there similar antenna designs available for 802.11b wireless aps?

"b" and "g" are the same frequencies, so the freeantennas are good for
both. It's "a" that is a different frequency.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8-122.5

Bill Crocker <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> You'll kill your signal with 20' of cable. It would be better to mount the
> AP closer to the attic, and run 20' of CAT5 to it.

Generally so, but there are some pretty good cables out there.
From 6dB loss down, less if you wanted to go with semi-rigid stuff.

The right way is cat5.