A Boost to Wireless?

Antar Bolaeisk · 1 Oct 2009 at 18:45

Hello all,

Bit of a spec me thread as I'm looking for the best way to boost a wireless signal, would a wireless repeater be what I'm looking for and, if so, what one. If I were feeling a bit braver would I be better off buying a dd wrt compatible router and flashing that for this capability.

Unfortunately running cable isn't an option, nor is modifying the original router in any way.

Thanks in advance,

Antar.

iaind · 1 Oct 2009 at 18:49

Depends on where the router is positioned - if its central in your house then a repeater wont help much unless you only want a boost in one direction.

I'd get another router with removable antennas and a couple of decent high gain antennas to go on it.

Antar Bolaeisk · 1 Oct 2009 at 20:07

I don't really want to be spending too much on equipment that I can't take away with me. I'm trying to improve reception on my end from the landlords broadband (don't worry, it's all above board as I have permission, and the password). Therefore movement or modification of the original router is out of the question.

mejinks · 1 Oct 2009 at 20:08

I bought a cheap dlink repeater from ebay yonks ago and it did the trick with a Sky powered netgear.

-=Vect0r=- · 1 Oct 2009 at 20:15

Do you need a wireless conection or would a Powerline/Homeplug suffice?

mi9tchy · 1 Oct 2009 at 23:46

you can also get wifi amps

Antar Bolaeisk · 3 Oct 2009 at 01:41

-=Vect0r=- said:
Do you need a wireless conection or would a Powerline/Homeplug suffice?

Needs to be wireless unfortunately.

mi9tchy said:
you can also get wifi amps

How do they work?

Antar Bolaeisk · 5 Oct 2009 at 13:14

Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe something like this Linksys WRE54G would be exactly what I'm looking for.

Can anyone confirm or deny this theory please?

It also looks like I can use DD-WRT firmware to make a repeater. If I were to go down this route what would be the best/cheapest router for flashing?