Wireless signal booster

renee_3

have very poor supply from router round home...(coz its in a converted garage wa bit away from home)

need a good wireless signal router ( for laptops 'net connectiobs) -

does anyone have recommendations??

price not soooo important - just want it to work properly!!

MANY THANKS FOLKS

espresso

Does the wireless router have to be in the converted garage? Can you not re-locate it to where you want WiFi coverage? e.g. extend the telephone line.

renee_3

1. CANT MOVE THE ROUTER
2. DONT WANNA PUT IN CAT5 CABLING...

Thanx for replies but just looking for most reliable Wireless Signal Booster?

if u can advise..............

(sorry just noticed - i wrote router - MEANT BOOSTER!

fwor

My brother bought a couple of these:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=221008

and was very pleased with the results. That model only supports 802.11g - which is prob good enough for most users - but if you look in the Homeplug Networking section of their website there are higher-spec (more expensive) models.

renee_3

BUT I'M LOOKING FOR A WIRELESS SIGNAL BOOSTER - not a d**n router

why cant people answer the enquiry properly!!:mad:

espresso

renee wrote: »

BUT I'M LOOKING FOR A WIRELESS SIGNAL BOOSTER - not a d**n router

why cant people answer the enquiry properly!!:mad:

Wireless ADSL modem and 4-port 10/100 switch combined with Powerline technology

Did you bother to read the info?

normanmark

There you go, its amazing what a basic search on google yields. :rolleyes:

http://www.google.co.uk/products?hl=en&q=Hawking%20Technologies%20booster&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wf

Stop having a go at people trying to offer you some advice. People will just ignore you in future.

fwor

renee wrote: »

BUT I'M LOOKING FOR A WIRELESS SIGNAL BOOSTER - not a d**n router

why cant people answer the enquiry properly!!:mad:

If you'd looked more carefully or asked, you would find that the £30 device I pointed to will do exactly what you want. Just link one via a short ethernet cable to the modem in your garage, set the other one up in the house as a wireless repeater.

I'm not sure why I bothered typing that.

free4440273

fwor: just out of interest: is setting it up as a repeater just done from the interface (quite straightforward i mean?) - there just wasn't any mention of it being a 'repeater' in the maplin link (might be a question of terminology); 2ndly, does one need to also buy a poweline adapter in order to accomplish what u suggest? thanks:)

fwor

I'm sorry - I don't know - my brother set them up in a house miles away, so I didn't see how it was done.

You ~could~ buy a powerline/homeplug ethernet adaptor for the "garage" end instead, but it's no cheaper that way. Just turn off the wireless function at that end.

As to the ease of setting up - I don't know that either, but my brother's not a comms expert and he managed to get it working ok.

espresso

free4440273 wrote: »

fwor: just out of interest: is setting it up as a repeater just done from the interface (quite straightforward i mean?) - there just wasn't any mention of it being a 'repeater' in the maplin link (might be a question of terminology); 2ndly, does one need to also buy a poweline adapter in order to accomplish what u suggest? thanks:)

You can download the user manual from here.