[kwlug-disc] Extending WiFi Range

[Paul Nijjar]

On that note: if the problem is getting wifi to the backyard, why not
run a cable out to the backyard and use an outdoor access point?
Ubiquiti makes pretty good stuff (I have used the NanoStation and
NanoBridge in the past). They are not super-cheap, but they are not
that pricy either (you can get something good for $100 or so).

Ordinarily I would not suggest this, but Khalid already has a handy
mast attached to his fence, and thus may have cable coming into his
house somehow...

https://baheyeldin.com/writings/technology/how-to-get-free-hd-tv-using-an-antenna-in-waterloo-ontario.html

I am actually involved in a similar project to extend wifi range. The
plan is to use a $30 Mikrotik router as an access point, and disable
the router features (exactly as Khalid was suggesting, except with
evil proprietary Mikrotik stuff instead of angelic OpenWRT). But that
is an indoor solution.

- Paul 


On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 10:46:55PM -0400, Mark Steffen wrote:
> Going to agree with Andrew.  To get my company provided VPN router hooked
> up (and the VOIP phone behind it) running cable was the only option for a
> solid connection (my Internet also terminates in the basement).  Putting a
> wifi router in the basement and expecting it to serve your backyard wasn't
> realistic, it sorta kinda worked in certain parts of the house.  Consider a
> POE adapter and routing the cable to wife-acceptable levels of stealthiness
> and get your router on the middle floor somewhere that the signal
> propagates well.  Repeaters just suck and most of them halve your bandwidth
> (unless you use multi-band multi-radio ones, but then you're into hundreds
> of dollars to get decent gear to make this work properly).  I also tried to
> raise it up into "just below the floorboards" of the first floor but it
> didn't make much difference.
> 
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