Antena to be converted to Wifi Extender/Repeater?

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Dexter Brown

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Is it possible to create/make an improvise wifi extender/repeater using any kinds of antena (e.g. Television antena, radio antena)???


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kanewolf

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No. TV and radio antennas are tuned to the wrong frequencies. That is why the external antennas on WIFI are so much smaller. Even if you had the correct antenna, you still need to connect that antenna to a radio.

What problem are you trying to solve?
 
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Question from Dexter Brown : "Help in Wifi Extender"



 
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Dexter Brown

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I want a D.I.Y wifi extender and i did watch some videos on youtube that there's somebody using some sort of antena, all i want is to improve our wifi range to some sort of range so that i will be able to use the wifi outside (500m away from house).
 
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Dexter Brown

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so, you were saying that I wont be able extend my wifi range for 500m radius with an DIY antena??

What device can i use to make a range that far?
 
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so, you were saying that I wont be able extend my wifi range for 500m radius with an DIY antena??

What device can i use to make a range that far?
 
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so, you were saying that I wont be able extend my wifi range for 500m radius with an DIY antena??

What device can i use to make a range that far?
 
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so, you were saying that I wont be able extend my wifi range for 500m radius with an DIY antena??

What device can i use to make a range that far?
 
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There is no single device that will reliably give you WIFI coverage over a 500m radius. Even if you could broadcast from a central point with enough power, your handheld device can't match the power output. It would be the equivalent of a commercial radio station. You could "hear" it but it couldn't hear you.
 
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Dexter Brown

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you were saying that i will be able to detect the wifi yet i wont be able to access the internet?
 
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Its not like tv your end device must also SEND data back to the central location. Unless you think you are gong to strap some massive DIY antenna to your cell phone the signal will never get back to the central location.

There is massive amounts of misinformation on youtube. Go to commercial sites and see what is sold. If nobody sell a solution its not like some guy on youtube is going to invert something with a couple tin cans that a educated electrical engineer could not do.

 
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Thank you so much for the information
 
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