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From: Paul Fuchs on 25 May 2010 21:00
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?

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From: nospam on 25 May 2010 20:15
In article <1jj2cqg.1gearhnk11g1nN%pf(a)porkain'tkosher.oink>, Paul Fuchs
<pf(a)porkain'tkosher.oink> 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?

sounds like snake oil.

get a bigger antenna or another router that can extend the network
(which has its drawbacks). another option is try the adapters that use
the house wiring for a transport.
From: Doug Anderson on 25 May 2010 20:40
pf(a)porkain'tkosher.oink (Paul Fuchs) writes:

> 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?

I think the chances of getting a booster to work with his router are
low unless it is the same brand _and_ unless he likes tinkering.

I think a powerline ethernet adapter is probably an easier thing to
do.

E.g.:

http://reviews.cnet.com/bridges/linksys-plk200-powerline-av/4505-3304_7-32313519.html?tag=mncol;lst;2
From: Jolly Roger on 25 May 2010 21:27
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?

I have an Airport Extreme, and use an Airport Express to extend the
network.

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From: Richard Maine on 25 May 2010 21:32
Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> 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?
>
> I have an Airport Extreme, and use an Airport Express to extend the
> network.

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.

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