Extending a wireless signal

hesmy

I have an excellent wireless signal in the house I've just moved into (ie -it's just there,not through a router),but only in one spot in the house.Can I "transmit" this through the house,is it a booster or range extender I need or just an antenna for the laptop?

S0litaire

What's the make of the router? some have "extended antenna" (twice the size of the regular one) which you can buy and are supposed to give you better range / signal.

Also the location of the router affects the signal (so move it to the centre of the house) also thick walls and wires affect the signal strength.

you can but extenders but try the cheap simple stuff first

Bob63

If you are seeing someone else's wifi signal and it isn't a known-free one such as FON or McDonalds etc then you are breaking the law because you are stealing someone else's network connection.

greyster

if you want to extend your range, try powerline LAN. I've just put this in for a B&B and it works a treat.

Buy a normal powerline plug, plug your wifi router/router in to it and then plug a wifi powerline plug in anywhere else in your house.

hesmy

Leopard wrote: »

Whose signal is it? :cool:

Sorry for delay in replying.It's an open access signal,described as "wlan-ap".

hesmy

cheesy.mike wrote: »

If you are seeing someone else's wifi signal and it isn't a known-free one such as FON or McDonalds etc then you are breaking the law because you are stealing someone else's network connection.

It's stated to be open access, described as "wlan-ap".

hesmy

S0litaire wrote: »

What's the make of the router? some have "extended antenna" (twice the size of the regular one) which you can buy and are supposed to give you better range / signal.

Also the location of the router affects the signal (so move it to the centre of the house) also thick walls and wires affect the signal strength.

you can but extenders but try the cheap simple stuff first

Thanks for that,but I don't have a router,the signal is just there,described as open access,"wlan-ap",and is 24 Mps,and very good strength.Any ideas?

espresso

hesmy wrote: »

It's stated to be open access, described as "wlan-ap".

Just because someone has not secured their wireless network, does not mean that you should use it!

:rolleyes: