Help Extending Netgear Range

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"Steve L" <srl1215@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Greetings, I have a small wireless issue and I'm hoping tome of the
> collective experience here can help me out.
>
> I curretnly have Cable and a cable modem connected to a Netgear WGR614
> Wireless Router, in the basement/family room on the south side of my home.
>
> The college age kids (home for the summer) are only getting "yellow" to
> "red" reception one floor up and on the north side of the house. I thought
I
> could
> buy a repeater, but after reading many of the compatibility stories over
on
> Amazon.com of the Netgear Wireless Access point, it may not be the answer.
> Seems this
> is an area where model to model compatibility is an issue.
>
> I have a number of empty wireless ports on the back of the existing
router,
> I am wondering if I couldn't plug in a CAT5 cable that was 25 feet
> long and run it over to the north side of the house and just plug in
> another WGR614 Access point? Seems like that might work?
>
> Any thoughts or experience on that?
>
> All responses and suggestions very appreciated.

Just a thought....... The signal from the AP antenna radiates in a circle
around it. If the antenna is pointing vertically then there will not be much
signal above or below it. If, however, you align the antenna horizontally
pointing East-West then the signal will form a semicircular arc from North
to South and rising vertically up through the higher floors. That might just
be enough to get you a better signal without any further expense or faffing
about.

Good luck,
Tim.

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Great little reflectors there, I think I'l lgive that a try!

Thanks!!

<dold@HelpXExten.usenet.us.com> wrote in message
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> Steve L <srl1215@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > I curretnly have Cable and a cable modem connected to a Netgear WGR614
> > Wireless Router, in the basement/family room on the south side of my
home.
>
> > The college age kids (home for the summer) are only getting "yellow" to
> > "red" reception one floor up and on the north side of the house. I
thought I
>
> Try some reflectors. Yours sounds like my situation, the WAP is all the
> way at one end of the house, so you don't care about, and don't want,
> signal going farther south. You want to redirect it to the north.
> Also remember that the radiation pattern is like a doughnut, so you might
> want to tip the antennas off vertical, aiming them broadside (not
pointing)
> at the desired area. Ant the WAP should be up as high as possible.
>
> < http://www.rahul.net/dold/clarence [...] rength.htm >
>
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> Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8-122.5
>

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brian-s-jones-at-comcast.net wrote:
> Clarence why do you favor that particular reflector...as opposed to
> the parbolic?

I wasn't talented enough to make a parabolic that would hold its shape.
http://www.freeantennas.com/projec [...] neSoup.jpg
The corner reflectors are EZ ;-)


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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8-122.5