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laurenced · 11-10-2008, 17:50

hi all

I've just had a thought and I figured it might be an interesting project.

We have our router placed near the outside wall of the property. However, the previous tenants had it within the house, with a coax extension of probably about 30 metres which goes around skirting and doorways.

We don't use the extension, and I was wondering if somehow fitting one end of it to the router's antenna connection would be a clever way of getting fantastic WiFi reception all through the flat? Is it likely to work?

The connectors are different sizes, so I was thinking of just connecting it using some copper wire or similar. I doubt a VM coax > WiFi antenna adaptor exists.

Any thoughts welcome!

11-10-2008, 17:50	#1
laurenced Inactive Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 8	Using redundant virgin cabling within flat as wireless antenna? hi all I've just had a thought and I figured it might be an interesting project. We have our router placed near the outside wall of the property. However, the previous tenants had it within the house, with a coax extension of probably about 30 metres which goes around skirting and doorways. We don't use the extension, and I was wondering if somehow fitting one end of it to the router's antenna connection would be a clever way of getting fantastic WiFi reception all through the flat? Is it likely to work? The connectors are different sizes, so I was thinking of just connecting it using some copper wire or similar. I doubt a VM coax > WiFi antenna adaptor exists. Any thoughts welcome!