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Long range wireless router to a garage.

 
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PostPosted: Jan 11, 2011 5:55 pm    Post subject: Long range wireless router to a garage. Reply with quote

In our house, we have finished the upper unit of a detached garage. We would like to become landlords and provide internet usage as a perk from ours to our good friends.

Is a wireless router a good solution if the garage is roughly 40 feet from the house? If so, which unit would be the best solution to get a good signal up there from our home? We used our current Belkin G router and only get 1 bar up there.
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PostPosted: Jan 12, 2011 10:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you can get 1 bar with a G router I would think an N router would get you enough signal.
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PostPosted: Jan 12, 2011 10:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wireless N router on one end, wireless repeater on the other.

That is the simplest way IMO.

It could work better, but implementation isn't as easy.

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PostPosted: Jan 12, 2011 2:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What is a wireless repeater and how can I implement it into an N router setup?
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PostPosted: Jan 12, 2011 3:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Porterwake, a wireless repeater (aka range extender) is a device that receives a wifi signal then repeats it to the local area it is in. Because the repeater typically has a much more sensitive antenna than the devices it serves, it boosts the available signal to those devices - usually by a large amount.

Here is an inexpensive one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833168045&cm_re=range_extender-_-33-168-045-_-Product

So you place this repeater device (after it is set up) in the "apartment" and it should boost signal by a large amount. If that isn't enough, and you wanted to get even better performance, you could add an external hi-gain antenna to the receive side of the repeater.

Lastly, you will want to place the repeater as close to the wifi source as possible - i.e. near the wall (or better, window) closest to the spot in the main house where the router is.

There is even more you can do here, but I don't want to overwhelm with info.

Hope that helps.

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PostPosted: Jan 14, 2011 11:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have just purchased the N router and the wireless booster you have recommended. Thank you for the information.
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PostPosted: Jan 14, 2011 11:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Porterwake, I wouldn't say I recommended that repeater necessarily, it was just an inexpensive option.

That said - if it works as advertised then it should take care of your needs. If not, NewEgg has a pretty decent return policy!

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