I'm thinking on buying the range extender for my linksys WRV54G router but will it make a big difference or a minimal difference? How I have it right now I can use the internet wirelessly on my laptop with the intel 2200 wireless nic 3 houses down and across the street from where I live it won't work inside the house but outside by the sidewalk it does. But I need it to work inside the house will buying the range extender make it work?
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Sure, if you install it on the edge of where you get good reception, it should push your cloud much further out, in the direction where you place it.
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Yes linksys has some good range extenders that can even just plug into a wall. I was going to get those but turns out i didnt need them becasue the wireless single is great around my house.
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It will work 3 houses down the street, but not inside your own house? That's a little odd. Do you have the router near a window that looks out to those three houses? Try repositioning the wireless router first.
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Try a different channel. Sounds like the in house signal might be getting stepped on.
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It works inside my house fine but inside the house 3 houses down it doesn't, it only works outside the house but I need it to work inside that house. Inside my house it works perfect. I was thinking of getting the high gain antenna do you guys recommend any other antenna / range extender?
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Okay ...now I get ya ... yes that is expecting a little too much out of it to be working 3 houses from yours. In fact you're doing good to get the signal on the sidewalk 3 houses down. I would first try a directional antenna on your laptop. Hawking makes the HAI 15SC which they claim is a 15dBi gain antenna - I use one of those and am very pleased with it.
Then if that doesn't give you enough signal either reposition the wireless router or get a range extender. If that Linksys you have is the one with the two antennas, there was a homebrew shield/reflector that is floating around the internet, which, when put around the antennas, gave some directionality and should improve your reception 3 houses away. In fact you might want to try this first. -
Sorry, your first post sounded like your net worked three houses away but not in your house.
http://www.freeantennas.com/ might have what you need.
Range Extender
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by n33d45p33d, Sep 28, 2005.