Extend range of Vodafone Mobile WiFi R216

galwayguy85

Hi Guys,

I recently purchased a Vodafone Mobile WiFi R216 for my parents who live in an area where fixed line broadband is pretty brutal... 55 KB/sec is the most they can ever get.

The modem itself is impressively small and stylish, but I have concerns about the reach of the signal - our uncles lives next door and it would make sense to share to broadband allowance with them... the 15 GB allowance would never be reached otherwise.

I look extensively online but I can't anything that would appear to fit the mini USB slot in an antenna type capacity.

Can anybody point me in the right direction or confirm one way or another if this modem supports external antennas or even if the network itself can be extended by remote repeaters?

Thanks!

homingbird

A lenght of modem wire which you can make yourself by buying a 7 core wire its cheap & this device.
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/New-300Mbps-English-firmware-intelligent-wireless-Wifi-Repeater-Extender-pink-green-blue-4-Lan-1-Wan/828027_2052143349.html?spm=5261.7049941.1998509440.937.ds60qe&sdom=101.659.689.0_2052143349

galwayguy85

Thanks for the tip. I think I've come up with my solution in the mean time...

The main computer in my parents house is a Mac mini. I've switched on Internet Sharing on it, basically sharing out the strong wifi signal it receives from the Vodafone modem over ethernet (port on the rear of the Mac). Theres is already an ether cable spanning the gables end of two houses... I've ordered myself a super-cheap Belkin 802.11g wireless router to put at the far end of the ethernet cable (in my uncles' house) and put the other end into the Mac, of course.

I've never before heard of '7 core wire'. It is similar to ethernet/cat-5 cable?