Advise of best wireless antenna
28-10-2006, 17:49
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Advise of best wireless antenna
Advise of best wireless antenna what one should i buy as i need to receiver it via a pc in my workshop at the bottem of the garden but my house has very solid walls so would i be better of with a outdoor antenna on the roof or a high gain indoor one,
Thinking of this indoor one http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Wireless-Netwo...QQcmdZViewItem
or this ourdoor one
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/9-dBi-2-4-GHz-...QQcmdZViewItem
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28-10-2006, 18:11
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Re: Advise of best wireless antenna
TBH, if you've got power in the workshop you might be better off looking at homeplug networking for this PC.
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28-10-2006, 18:25
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Re: Advise of best wireless antenna
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Originally Posted by Aragorn
TBH, if you've got power in the workshop you might be better off looking at homeplug networking for this PC.
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I'll second that! This Hull-based distributor ( http://www.solwise.co.uk/net-powerline.htm) have a good range and very good customer support. I use their products to connect my router to a server in my garage. Works like a charm!
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28-10-2006, 19:54
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Re: Advise of best wireless antenna
And if you have a WRT54G you can try custom firmware and boost the output power.
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28-10-2006, 19:59
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Re: Advise of best wireless antenna
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Originally Posted by Druchii
And if you have a WRT54G you can try custom firmware and boost the output power.
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Druchii have you tried openWRT http://openwrt.org/ for the WRT54G ? Get linux onto your access point mate and set up a fake AP  (I wonder why I'd want to do that  
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28-10-2006, 20:06
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Re: Advise of best wireless antenna
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Originally Posted by CrC-3rr0r
Druchii have you tried openWRT http://openwrt.org/ for the WRT54G ? Get linux onto your access point mate and set up a fake AP (I wonder why I'd want to do that |
Nope, not bothered with it. I do use DD-WRT though, fantastic piece of well, operating system i guess.
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31-10-2006, 09:45
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Re: Advise of best wireless antenna
Came across these where some users were claiming they got reception upto a mile from base.
Take a look at signal amplifiers also.
http://www.solwise.co.uk/wireless-outdoorantenna-24.htm
http://www.fab-corp.com/
But as with wireless being line microwave : Line of sight is the key and so of these users had installed the aerial on the roof
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