Is it possible to buy something such as a wifi repeat
that would pick up wifi signal, amplify it, and
rebroadcast in local area?

I'm going to University and live JUST out of range of
the free campus wifi..... hence the question so as to
use that wifi at home.

wrote:
Is it possible to buy something such as a wifi repeat
that would pick up wifi signal, amplify it, and
rebroadcast in local area?

I'm going to University and live JUST out of range of
the free campus wifi..... hence the question so as to
use that wifi at home.
Try to get(make) a good antenna, ranges of up to several miles
have been reported.
Google for
"wifi range" antenna

Sjouke Burry wrote:

Try to get(make) a good antenna, ranges of up to several miles
have been reported.
Google for
"wifi range" antenna

OK but no good way to hook up external antenna to a
laptop

wrote:
Sjouke Burry wrote:

Try to get(make) a good antenna, ranges of up to several miles
have been reported.
Google for
"wifi range" antenna

OK but no good way to hook up external antenna to a
laptop
On most laptops there is a small cover over the wifi card,
where you can gain access.
Also you can use an external "PC card" wifi network card with
external antenna.

On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:36:13 +0200, Sjouke Burry
wrote:

wrote:
Sjouke Burry wrote:

Try to get(make) a good antenna, ranges of up to several miles
have been reported.
Google for
"wifi range" antenna

OK but no good way to hook up external antenna to a
laptop
On most laptops there is a small cover over the wifi card,
where you can gain access.
Also you can use an external "PC card" wifi network card with
external antenna.


You can also buy a wifi "adapter", actually the receiver/transmitter
module, that connects through the USB port. I use one while on the
boat as the table I use is at waterline level and WIFI works poorly
at that altitude :-). By using the "adapter" I can mount the adapter
10 ft. above the deck, feeding the laptop through a cable, and get
much better reception.

cheers,

Bruce in Bangkok
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

In article ,
wrote:

Is it possible to buy something such as a wifi repeat
that would pick up wifi signal, amplify it, and
rebroadcast in local area?

I'm going to University and live JUST out of range of
the free campus wifi..... hence the question so as to
use that wifi at home.

Goggle is your Friend...... We had quite a discussion here about a year
ago on extending WiFi Coverage with mast mounted WiFi Access Points, and
POE.... (Power over Ethernet)

--
Bruce in alaska
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John Navas wrote in
:

Wi-Fi on a Boat:
http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-Fi_on_a_Boat

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Best regards,
John Navas, publisher of Navas' Sailing & Racing in
the San Francisco Bay Area http://sail.navas.us/



Hey, John. I've dumped dispicable Verizon after they screwed the Alltel
EVDO across the country, trying to get rid of us I suppose.

Cricket has a nice presence in Charleston so I got their CalComp A600
modem/flash drive for my netbook. I'm getting 800-1200Kbps down and
about 450-550Kbps up when there's more than zero bars showing, which is
only in a couple of places I've found.

Of course, I can't bluetooth to it without creating a lan on the netbook
so I ordered:
http://3gstore.com/index.php?main_pa..._info&cPath=35
&products_id=610
from the 3G store for $99. This turns the USB modem into a hotspot
anywhere the USB modem has a usable signal, which lets my Netgear Skype
Phone and Nokia Linux tablets and the Linux netbook get access to
Cricket's broadband that doesn't support any of them.

ON TOPIC:
I'd think a better carrier than Cricket that has nationwide service,
like Verizon for $60, and this setup with the portable hotspot's tiny
router would work great on a boat. You could have internet to the wifi
devices aboard without straining, no matter what the damned marina had,
VoIP or Skype phone service to a wifi handset phone, even some miles
offshore if you were to put the modem and router in a weatherproof
plastic enclosure up the mast where the range of the cellphone data
would be great with the router spraying its RF across the boat below.

Unlike the wifi repeater that jams itself with crashing packets if the
wifi hotspot can't be heard by the laptop in the cabin, the cellphone
circuit and wifi circuits won't interfere with each other. You should
have wifi internet 5-10 miles offshore of the USA, without roaming
nonsense.

The little Cradlepoint router uses 5VDC, but I'm told it will run
portable just fine off a cheap 6V gelcell or 4 NiMh rechargeables. I've
got some 2.5AH NiMh cells in a Radio Shack battery holder I'm going to
use to power it portable when it gets here. Should run a few hours, but
I may go to a more powerful 6V gelCell in my netbook case if necessary.
With its wifi range, I may just leave it in the car and use it from
there....


--
Larry