Is there any way to hook up a outdoor long range wireless adapter (usb) to a wifi extender? My neighbour has graciously offered to share her internet with me. I can quite nicely pick up her signal from my home, but am limited in connecting one laptop at a time, and certainly no wireless devices. I would like to bring the signal into the house and re-broadcast it within.
Connecting wireless adapter to range extender
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What I would do is get an outdoor access point aimed at the neighbors house. Then you have an ethernet cable coming inside for power and data. Hook that cable to a WIFI access point and you are good to go.
Something like this Engenius for outdoor -- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833168093
And then I would use a router configured as an access point indoors.
Something like this Engenius for outdoor -- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833168093
And then I would use a router configured as an access point indoors.
What a great solution - thanks for the prompt reply. I have a couple old routers laying around so I'll use one as an AP. Would this unit work instead of the one you recommended? http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00OJZPSBS?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_act_title_1&smid=AQ0917S2Z6LYJ
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The one you linked is a 5Ghz. That works good if you use a pair of them outside. But if you are trying to pickup the existing signal you need a 2.4Ghz. Engenius does make one -- The EnStation2 rather than the EnStation5 -- http://www.amazon.ca/EnStation2-IEEE-802-11n-Wireless-Bridge/dp/B00OJZPNG8/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1451958930&sr=1-2&keywords=enstation2
Sorry to bother, but I'm having a bit of difficulty setting up the components. I got the engenius unit you linked, and I have a tplink router. I've set the engenius as a bridge ( and it sees the neighbours wifi). The router I have set as an access point, but it doesn't see the signal from the bridge.
Did I miss something?
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Did I miss something?
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The signal from the bridge would be coming in on the ethernet cable. Start by hooking a laptop to the Engenius and see if you can connect. If so then put the TP-Link in the middle -- still all wired. If you can connect then verify wireless.
I discovered the issue - When I would configure the Engenius and assign the role of bridge, and configure the neighbour's network info, I would click "accept", but didn't realize that there was a " save" button elsewhere. Long story short - all the configuration was never saved when I disconnected and plugged the Engenius into the router.
Works well now. Wouldn't have been able to do it without your guidance - Thanks so much!
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Works well now. Wouldn't have been able to do it without your guidance - Thanks so much!
Cheers
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