Extending a Wireless Network

tomED

A friend of mine is has a wireless network in his house and wants to extend it out to his work area which is in a "shed" at the end of his back garden.

The signal isn;t strong enough to get to the end of his garden, Any suggestions on what he could do?

Thanks
Tom

MunsterCycling

Move shed closer to the house???

tomED

MunsterCycling wrote:

Move shed closer to the house???

hahahahaha

NutJob

What equipment is he working with?

tomED

"I have just installed from BT a ZyXEL ADSL 2 + 4 port Gateway with 802.11g wireless modem"

That's all I know.

Tom

NutJob

three options i can think of

-Place the router on a window at the back of the house

-Spend cash on thoes linksys repeater thingys which are from reports are rangeing ok to crap
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=307210


-Antenna tomfoolary. Get a good wireless card that can take an external antenna and use it with an antenna.
http://cgi.ebay.ie/Lucent-Orinoco-Gold-Classic-wifi-win-linux-wardrive_W0QQitemZ9727764945QQcategoryZ64051QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


Id just put the router on a window and see what the signals like unless ur willing to take a hardcore approach

MunsterCycling

OK seeing as moving the shed option wasn't taken up...

Change the router for a WRT54G and try to connect again, if this still doesn't have enough signal strength then remove one of the antennae and attach a high gain directional antenna in its place, having the router by a window will help greatly. Is it a lappie or a desktop he wants to connect? Either way as NutJob said getting an external antenna for the PC side will probably help too. BTW have they done a site survey in the shed to see if there are any other networks on the same channel in the area? Still think moving the shed is a good option

tomED

Thanks a million for the replies guys!

I will get him to try a few of these options and let you know how we get on!

Thanks
Tom

flashcash5

Try saving up for an 802.11n router - you can see them on http://www.linksys.com/ ("Wireless- N")

Not sure how good they are but they say they're great! You will probably have to get some compatible wireless N cards too tho.

Very expensive option but i'm sure the prices will come down at some stage as it is still just a draught standard i think

ednwireland

NutJob wrote:

-Spend cash on thoes linksys repeater thingys which are from reports are rangeing ok to crap

linksys repeaters only work with linksys routers beware

used a dlink repeater recently which worked well with a belkin ap

eoinok

Forget wireless lads, use something like this http://www.solwise.co.uk/net-powerline-av.htm

As long as the power for the shed is going into the house, you are sorted..... used them and they are the job.

flashcash5

sounds good, you sure you don't work for them? :rolleyes: