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something very weard here, my post just got corrupted for a second time with no reason, as i wasnt in edit mode so this basic overview is all i can be bothered to retype, simple enough though , theres other related older posts iv made if you really want more info, so search on poppper and wireless perhaps!.
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No problem, but for the record, if I'm posting a long informative forum post, I draft it in Notepad so I have it set right.
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1:move your ground floor router (the worst place you could to run it from given 3 floors), to the first floor, as the rule is, the higher you put your router, the better, stronger and ferther its signal will travel.
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Not possible as I don't have an ethernet cable long enough to go from 1st floor (parents bedroom) to ground floor.
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Interesting idea.
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It can't, it's a Belkin. It'd be one thing I'd have and try, if the damn router supported it. The Belkin router itself is on the strongest wireless setting it'll have, and I'm on the lookout for the Netgear DG834G as an ADSL2+ enabled replacement, but I've no idea if that has a detachable aerial on it to replace with a high-gain unit.
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buy a second router, place it on the top floor, wire it to the first one with ethernet, set it on another channel, and you have made a cheap longer reach wireless extender/wireless roamable setup....
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Again, no ethernet cable long enough.
I think what I'm after is something like this:
http://www.dabs.com/products/linksys...efs=4294958749
The only thing putting me off is the price of it, and I also have no idea if a cheap router could be hacked or configured to do much the same job (preferable, as I always love to waste an afternoon or 2 screwing around with networks/computers
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