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wireless range

tfitzgerald · 2010-03-07 15:28:39

hi i am wondering if any one out there can give me some ideas on how to extend my network range i have tried different parts of the house for the router but there is always some room where i cant pick up the connection. i up graded from a bt 2110 to a netgear n 150 and i think its got worse so any good ideas would be…

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07-03-2010 4:28pm

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tfitzgerald

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hi i am wondering if any one out there can give me some ideas on how to extend my network range i have tried different parts of the house for the router but there is always some room where i cant pick up the connection. i up graded from a bt 2110 to a netgear n 150 and i think its got worse so any good ideas would be helpfull

thanks

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#2 07-03-2010 7:17pm
Johnny Storm

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If your router has physical aerials its worth knowing that the wifi field is projected perpendicularly to the aerial so it you have a tall multi-story house your aerials should be flat and if you have a flat single story house your aerials should be upright. Other than that you can build various tinfoil gizmos to redirect the signal to distant parts of the house e.g. - this is the first one I came accross on Google:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-a-Wi-Fi-Extender/
I have not tried this myself (yet)

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