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How do I extend the range of my Router?

keithwales
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Morning all,
I currently have a Netgear DG834G v2.
As my house is old, the walls are two feet thick at some points, and the wireless signal does not extend to the furthest room where I hope to set up an office have broadband access there.
I have a telephone point nearby.
Do I get a second router? Or is there another gizmo that will do the job?
I currently have a Netgear DG834G v2.
As my house is old, the walls are two feet thick at some points, and the wireless signal does not extend to the furthest room where I hope to set up an office have broadband access there.
I have a telephone point nearby.
Do I get a second router? Or is there another gizmo that will do the job?
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http://www.netgear.com/products/details/WG602.php
Connect two LANS wirelessly using the bridge mode. Extend your wireless signal by adding a WG602 in repeater modeEx forum ambassador
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build a 'blue peter' dish for your router
seriously, a bit of card wrapped in tinfoil with a hole in the middle, popped over the areial before you screw it on can improve the signal quite a bit.
do the same for your wireless cards.
it'll help, honest"If you really want to hurt your parents and you don't have nerve enough to be homosexual, the least you can do is go into the arts."0 -
Thanks ,
Is there a way that I can use the telephone access for a wired connection that would work with the existing router? Another router maybe? I'm not 100% happy that wireless is both reliable or secure- call me old fashioned!!0 -
you can cable from the other router to the room with a ehternet cable but you would need to get between the two rooms some how, the telephone socket is no good for thatEx forum ambassador
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keithwales wrote:Thanks ,
Is there a way that I can use the telephone access for a wired connection that would work with the existing router? Another router maybe? I'm not 100% happy that wireless is both reliable or secure- call me old fashioned!!
check out the netgear site for info on how to set up WEP on your router, that'll make it secure
and as stated above, for a wired connection you need to run a crossed network cable from the router direct to the comp."If you really want to hurt your parents and you don't have nerve enough to be homosexual, the least you can do is go into the arts."0 -
niceguyrichy wrote:build a 'blue peter' dish for your router
seriously, a bit of card wrapped in tinfoil with a hole in the middle, popped over the areial before you screw it on can improve the signal quite a bit.
do the same for your wireless cards.
it'll help, honest
I've seen tutorials with a Pringle's can.
In fact just googled it, here you go:
http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/448"Boonowa tweepi, ha, ha."0 -
wolfman wrote:I've seen tutorials with a Pringle's can.
In fact just googled it, here you go:
http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/448
woot!
that's hardcore! :rotfl:
amazing the difference it'll make though"If you really want to hurt your parents and you don't have nerve enough to be homosexual, the least you can do is go into the arts."0 -
I think the first answer you got was perfectly acceptable. The WG602 would extend your wireless range perfectly.
However if you want a fast wired connection from your router into your office then I recommend a Netgear XE102, which is their ethernet over power product (plug one into a power socket near the router, and connect the two with ethernet, then plug another one into the power socket near to your office PC, and connect that using ethernet). Others are available, checkout solwise.co.uk for some good ones.
I have used these devices when wireless was not strong enough, and its great, it just works (my client had a HUGE house). You can even encrypt the transmissions in case anyone were to break into your house, connect to a plug in your house, and try and rob you of your valuable network traffic0 -
Thanks fguk,
That sounds exactly what I'm after.
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if there are any other phone sockets in your house try the router in there to see if the signal will reach, in my house if i move the router from the dining room to the front room the signal will change from good to excellentThings that are free in life are great, well most of the time :beer:0
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