Wifi Extender Solution? Recommendations please

MidlandsM

Hi,

I want to entend the range of my netgear wireless g-router to enable me to pick up signal out in my shed out the back of the house. Right now, the router just serves the house, but outside, no coverage?

Here's the current set up -


any recommendations please?

Would this be any good?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Netgear-Universal-WiFi-Range-Extender-WN2000RPT-100UKS-/270729290907?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3f08b9249b

any other cheaper but solid/reliable solutions please?

Thanks,

MM

ScumLord

Wifi can be dodgy and spending money on more expensive supposedly long range routers may not fix the problem depending on what's in the way.

If I was you I'd try running a lan cable up to a window that's looking out over the shed and use a cheaper wifi access point to send the signal out. That may be enough and you can try it by borrowing a spare router.


I have had to use wifi through walls over a great distance and an expensive buffalo access point did no better at the job than the router I got off digiweb. Wifi is very iffy at best and unless your willing to spend hundreds on equipment your not going to get any great distance on the range in my experience.

MidlandsM

I could run a cable all the way out to the shed if I need to from the router, but how would I put the required connectors on each end of the cable?

any ideas?

Cuddlesworth

Rj45 plugs and a crimper.

I agree with what was said above, a far overlooked point is that wireless is two way radio communication. Boosting the routers signal tends to worsen the problem by drowning out the laptop/desktop's card.