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How to bounce a wifi signal into my apartment

  • 02-07-2007 5:40pm
    #1
    blink496
    Closed Accounts Posts: 55 ✭✭


    I have been trying to connect to my friends broadband connection at the other end of my apartment block. I have managed to get the wifi signal to reach the patio of my apartment. Problem is, when I move into the apartment, I lose the signal. Am I right in saying I need a repeater to bounce the signal into my apartment. Can anybody recommend anything cheap and easy to set up? :confused:


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  • #2
    Shane O' Malley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,375 ✭✭✭Shane O' Malley


    You can use any Wireless access point as a repeater but that will mean leaving it outside.


  • #3
    wasim21k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 438 ✭✭wasim21k


    Shane O' Malley wrote:
    You can use any Wireless access point as a repeater but that will mean leaving it outside.

    not sure you can turn any access point as a repeater (correct me if i m wrong)


  • #4
    Shane O' Malley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,375 ✭✭✭Shane O' Malley


    Done it myself on a number of different models.

    On the D-link i am currently using there are options for :

    Access Point
    Wireless Client
    Wireless Bridge
    Multi Point Bridge
    Repeater

    Pretty basic D-Link as well.


  • #5
    blink496
    Closed Accounts Posts: 55 ✭✭blink496


    thanks...is there some sort of battery operated repeater that you can mount on a wall?


  • #6
    Shane O' Malley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,375 ✭✭✭Shane O' Malley


    Not heard of one.

    However, may be better to look at the transmitter your friend is using.

    He may be able to get a model that will transmit further or could be directed better.

    What is he using now?


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  • #7
    blink496
    Closed Accounts Posts: 55 ✭✭blink496


    He's using a fon directional antenna(6dbi). I'ts not the most powerful one I know.


  • #8
    Peanut
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,462 ✭✭✭Peanut


    If you can put it inside, at the window, it may work well enough.

    Alternatively you could get an outdoor wireless unit and power it via cat5 going into your apartment, but it seems a bit overkill in your situation..

    Also, there isn't as much compatibility between wireless devices when you use them in a repeater mode. So they are not guaranteed to work connecting to a different manufacturer's equipment, however they usually do in practice.


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