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From: Bob Harris on 25 May 2010 22:01 In article <1jj2cqg.1gearhnk11g1nN%pf(a)porkain'tkosher.oink>, pf(a)porkain'tkosher.oink (Paul Fuchs) wrote: > My brother-in-law and sister have offices on opposite corners of a > rather large house. The offices are separated by two masonry walls. > The DSL modem and router are in my sister's office and my brother-in-law > is not getting a strong enough signal to use it with his laptop. He had > heard of some simple signal booster that one can just plug into a wall > outlet that would allow him to make a bank shot into his office. Does > anyone know of this, and if so, recommed a brand and model? as has been mentioned, consider using a pair of powerline ethernet adaptors. Then in the husband's office, either directly connect to the powerline ethernet adaptor, attach a 2nd WiFi router (BUT put the 2nd router in Bridge Mode, and give it the same SSID and password; you do not 2 active routers). If you can run an ethernet cable from the DSL router to the 2nd room that would be better than powerline ethernet adaptors.
From: Geoffrey S. Mendelson on 25 May 2010 23:04 Richard Maine wrote: > Much like what I was thinking of. And while that isn't strictly speaking > a signal booster, it would not surprise me at all to see some people > misdescribe it that way. Hey, it even fits the "just plug it into a wall > socket" part of the description. The problem with that is when you receive a packet of data, it has gone in the ethernet to the first router, and come out on a common channel on Wifi. Then it gets retransmitted on the same channel by the second router where it is received by the remote computer. In between are delays to make the channel "settle". When a response is sent (such as a TCP ack packet), or uploaded data, it makes the double trip back. This cuts the performance of your Wifi network to less than half. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel gsm(a)mendelson.com N3OWJ/4X1GM New word I coined 12/13/09, "Sub-Wikipedia" adj, describing knowledge or understanding, as in he has a sub-wikipedia understanding of the situation. i.e possessing less facts or information than can be found in the Wikipedia.
From: David Empson on 26 May 2010 02:30 Bob Harris <nospam.News.Bob(a)remove.Smith-Harris.us> wrote: > In article <1jj2cqg.1gearhnk11g1nN%pf(a)porkain'tkosher.oink>, > pf(a)porkain'tkosher.oink (Paul Fuchs) wrote: > > > My brother-in-law and sister have offices on opposite corners of a > > rather large house. The offices are separated by two masonry walls. > > The DSL modem and router are in my sister's office and my brother-in-law > > is not getting a strong enough signal to use it with his laptop. He had > > heard of some simple signal booster that one can just plug into a wall > > outlet that would allow him to make a bank shot into his office. Does > > anyone know of this, and if so, recommed a brand and model? > > as has been mentioned, consider using a pair of powerline ethernet > adaptors. Then in the husband's office, either directly connect to > the powerline ethernet adaptor, attach a 2nd WiFi router (BUT put > the 2nd router in Bridge Mode, and give it the same SSID and > password; you do not 2 active routers). > > If you can run an ethernet cable from the DSL router to the 2nd > room that would be better than powerline ethernet adaptors. Or run Ethernet cable to a point close enough to the second room and locate a second WiFi base station at that point. -- David Empson dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz
From: Raja Kommula on 26 May 2010 16:30 I had the same problem in my house. I used Hawking's WiFi Range Extender. It works well and you do not need any Ethernet cables for the extender, but keep in mind that you will end up with two SSIDs. So when you move from one AP to another you have to switch between SSIDs. The only advantage that I had was, the extender only requires power supply. --Raja On May 25, 11:30 pm, demp...(a)actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote: > Bob Harris <nospam.News....(a)remove.Smith-Harris.us> wrote: > > In article <1jj2cqg.1gearhnk11g1nN%pf(a)porkain'tkosher.oink>, > > pf(a)porkain'tkosher.oink (Paul Fuchs) wrote: > > > > My brother-in-law and sister have offices on opposite corners of a > > > rather large house. The offices are separated by two masonry walls.. > > > The DSL modem and router are in my sister's office and my brother-in-law > > > is not getting a strong enough signal to use it with his laptop. He had > > > heard of some simple signal booster that one can just plug into a wall > > > outlet that would allow him to make a bank shot into his office. Does > > > anyone know of this, and if so, recommed a brand and model? > > > as has been mentioned, consider using a pair of powerline ethernet > > adaptors. Then in the husband's office, either directly connect to > > the powerline ethernet adaptor, attach a 2nd WiFi router (BUT put > > the 2nd router in Bridge Mode, and give it the same SSID and > > password; you do not 2 active routers). > > > If you can run an ethernet cable from the DSL router to the 2nd > > room that would be better than powerline ethernet adaptors. > > Or run Ethernet cable to a point close enough to the second room and > locate a second WiFi base station at that point. > > -- > David Empson > demp...(a)actrix.gen.nz- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
From: John Varela on 26 May 2010 21:57
On Wed, 26 May 2010 01:00:51 UTC, pf(a)porkain'tkosher.oink (Paul Fuchs) wrote: > My brother-in-law and sister have offices on opposite corners of a > rather large house. The offices are separated by two masonry walls. > The DSL modem and router are in my sister's office and my brother-in-law > is not getting a strong enough signal to use it with his laptop. He had > heard of some simple signal booster that one can just plug into a wall > outlet that would allow him to make a bank shot into his office. Does > anyone know of this, and if so, recommed a brand and model? We have a Verizon FiOS-provided D-Link router in the basement utility room in the "elbow" corner of our L-shaped house. My iMac is at the far corner of the short leg of the L and my wife's is over 50 feet from the router at the far corner of the long leg of the L. There are lots of masonry, a steel beam, a furnace, a hot water heater, and kitchen appliances between the router and the two iMacs. An Edimax access point configured as a range extender is centrally located under the basement stairs. It maintains solid contact with the router and both iMacs. Earlier, I had a D-Link range extender that worked equally well, but it went flaky (probably because of a power surge) and I had to replace it. -- John Varela |