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June 27th, 2005 01:00
Multiple Wireless Routers
So, my mom is kind of an idiot. When we built our house, she made it impossible to wire (post and beam) and didn't leave any room for expantion. Here we are ten years later, and I need to run an ethernet cable through an eight inch square beam just to get to the basement. We have a wireless router, and it's kind of old and not up-to-par, (b standard), and I was wondering if this feat could be accomplished using more than one wireless router. So saying I put a wireless router in the basement, would it connect to the other wireless router? Or would I need some sort of bridge linux box or something to connect them?
Any help would be appreciated, I really don't feel like ripping out my wall ;).
Any help would be appreciated, I really don't feel like ripping out my wall ;).
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NemesisDB
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June 27th, 2005 03:00
you have a couple of options. some routers will work with devices called repeaters/extenders, that do exactly what the name would imply.
alternatively, you can look at boosting the signal on your current router. my router is of the cheapest variety and can reach the floor above and below it (and even outside the house) without too many issues. if this isn't the case for you, you can buy an external antenna for the router (depending on its brand/type) to increase the signal output.
you can also look into buying high-quality (read more expensive) client-side wireless cards that have up to 3 times more transmitting power.
finally, and I hate to recommend this option, as the technology is *very* expensive and pre-draft (meaning it will be obsolete and probably incompatible with future device in the near future), but you might look into some of the pre-802.11n devices. There are two competing flavors out now, but both offer significant range and speed improvements. If a couple of hundred doesn't matter to you, it's something to consider I suppose.
Update: I forgot to mention. If you don't need wireless because you want to be mobile throughout the house, but rather want it because you can't hard-wire specific locations, there are a couple of more alternatives. While it's not as popular now that wireless has gotten cheap, there are a variety of products that can create a home network over your interal electric wiring or your internal phone lines. The best of these products (the last time I checked a year or so ago) were offering speeds of around 10mpbs (which is comparable to your current wireless situation).
Message Edited by NemesisDB on 06-27-2005 12:38 AM