amplify eircom signal

Panther

I am using Eircom WiFi at home and want to boost the signal from our office to the house and am stumped as to how to go about it. i can barely get a signal in one up stairs room and I can't move the wireless router from where it is.

Anyone with any suggestons as to how i should go about it ie. use an amplifier or ariels? the rouetr is a standard eircom router

thanks

irlrobins

Distance between the router and where you need to connect? Is it within one building?

Panther

distance is about 50 metres between two buildings I have line of site from the office out building through a large bay window and can get a weak signal within the house sporadically

mukki

i spent the last 2 weeks trying to do that same, 2 houses about 100m apart, finally got it working today

fitted 2 antennas that were on 6 foot co-ax leads (maplins), not connecting!
I managed to mount 1 antenna outside the house , this got a connection, with no bars signal, stood up a metal baking tray about 3 inches the far side of the indoor antenna, signal goes to 2 bars instantly, take it away and back to no bars


presume the metal tray stops reduces intererence/noise from the the far side of the house, and the wi-fi card can just instantly increase its gain to get a better signal

NutJob

mukki wrote:

fitted 2 antennas that were on 6 foot co-ax leads (maplins), not connecting!
I managed to mount 1 antenna outside the house , this got a connection, with no bars signal

Coex will leak a 2.4 ghz signal long before 6ft

presume the metal tray stops reduces intererence/noise from the the far side of the house, and the wi-fi card can just instantly increase its gain to get a better signal

Simply directs the signal. You would be better off with a real antenna microwave cable and proper connectors on a short cable run.
http://www.aerial.net/shop/

Bushy has some good poasts on this here with externa cases with antennas built in for linksys routers

mukki

NutJob wrote:

Coex will leak a 2.4 ghz signal long before 6ft

well its travelling over 100yards, and through concrete walls, when the generic antennas didn't so it can't all be leaking

NutJob wrote:

Simply directs the signal.

yes i know, i was just gaving my theory on why it works

NutJob wrote:

You would be better off with a real antenna microwave cable and proper connectors on a short cable run.
http://www.aerial.net/shop/

why would I be better off??, this works and cost under €40,

NutJob

Sorry picked things up wrong i thought you were looking for the best signal possible.

Snowbat

http://www.freeantennas.com/projects/template/

I built one of these for my router using some cardboard, glue, aluminium foil, and an elastic band. It was surprisingly effective, giving a solid 48Mbit connection on a desktop machine two rooms away that previously connected at a choppy 24Mbit. Also gave improved coverage downstairs in the general direction it was aimed.

robinph

Get one of these and position it somewhere between your router and where you want to get the signal that you can pick it up and you should be OK. All it requires once setup is a mains socket.