HGA7T WRT54G and WSB24 together?

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Hello,


I currently have a WRT54G and WSB24 combination at home. Although I'm
not supossed to do this, results have been GREAT. I recently read
about the HGA7T high gain anthenas and would like to add that to the
midst. However since I'm already trying something I shouldn't I wonder
if this is going to mess up my system. I'd appreciate any ideas.

Thx,

Erasmo

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Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote in message news:<a5q9m0h28j19nlcn003e397mg7rcpv6vho@4ax.com>...
> On 6 Oct 2004 18:05:52 -0700, eacosta@yahoo.com (Erasmo Acosta) wrote:
>
> >I currently have a WRT54G and WSB24 combination at home. Although I'm
> >not supossed to do this, results have been GREAT. I recently read
> >about the HGA7T high gain anthenas and would like to add that to the
> >midst. However since I'm already trying something I shouldn't I wonder
> >if this is going to mess up my system. I'd appreciate any ideas.
>
> Well, that's a change. We usually get asked if it will do something.
> This is the first time I've seen someone ask if it will NOT do
> something. Oh, why not.
>
> I'm fairly sure that a slightly bigger antenna:
> http://www.linksys.com/products/pr [...] 8&prid=643
> will NOT mess up your system. I can also assure you that it will not
> cause tooth decay, impotency, and hair loss. In fact, the list of
> things it will NOT do is quite large. What I can't tell is if such an
> antenna will do anything useful or justify the expense. If you would
> kindly disclose what you are trying to accomplish, and what you have
> to work with (location, topology, floor plan, range, numbers, etc),
> perhaps I can offer a better guess as to what would be an approporiate
> antenna replacement. The gain of the HGA7T is suppose to be 7dBi.
> The original antennas were 2dBi (at best). The 5dB increase in gain
> will ideally give you about 1.8 times the range. However, that's only
> in the horizontal plane and will do nothing for coverage above and
> below the plane of the antenna. If coverage above and below the
> access point is important, the higher gain antennas will actually have
> worse coverage.

I have a high signal loss at my home (can't tell why). The WRT54G &
WSB24 are upstairs. When I take my laptop downstairs (about 50 feet
from the access point) I'm at 30-50% signal strenght (average).
Without the WSB24 it would be unusable. I just installed the anthenas
and the signal strenght seems to consistently stay over 50% (even
dowstairs), but I need to do more monitoring to tell.