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Gordon Wrote: > Forget extra antennae, etc. and get a 2nd Wi-Fi unit that can work in > repeater mode and put it in the conservatory. I think I've heard of that is it WDS? I've often thought of doing something like that but didn't think there were many Routers which supported it and (like in days of yore with Wi-Fi) they had to be from the same manufacturer To work well together? Regards, Dave. -----Original Message----- From: list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gordon Henderson Sent: 18 June 2009 21:05 To: DC LUG Subject: Re: [LUG] Advice on wireless strength On Thu, 18 Jun 2009, Julian Hall wrote: > Hi All, > > I've uploaded a (rough) plan of my house with the placement of the > router shown to my webspace: > > http://www.kaotic.co.uk/house_layout.jpg > > Essentially I live in a brick-built dormer bungalow with cavity wall > insulation in the outer walls. I'm in a wheelchair so my bedroom is > downstairs next to my bathroom at the front of the house. The problem > is that in my bedroom (surprise!) I get excellent signal strength. > However by the time I take my laptop out the back garden (outside the > conservatory roughly 30-40 feet or so in a straight line) I get very > weak strength to the point the laptop can't resolve an IP off the > router's DHCP server. Previously I had a laptop with a Netgear PCMCIA > card which worked very well with a Netgear FWG114P router at the same > distance - obvious really as they were the same manufacturer. > > The current hardware is an Edimax BR6215SRg router and both laptops in > use have built-in wireless cards. > > The wall the router is shown against has a wardrobe, and I'm wondering > if an external aerial on top of the wardrobe would extend the range > enough to give me a decent signal. Forget extra antennae, etc. and get a 2nd Wi-Fi unit that can work in repeater mode and put it in the conservatory. Gordon -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html