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What is the house made of?


Roy Amin wrote:
> I have a Netgear DG834gtUK router.  some areas of the house suffers from
> very low or no signal.  Is there any easy way to rdctify this situation.  4
> wireless laptops connects to router via PCMCIA wireless adapters Some
> 802.11b and some 802.11g.
> 
> 
> Help would be much appreciated.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Roy

In alt.internet.wireless Roy Amin <rohitamin@lycos.co.uk> wrote:
> I have a Netgear DG834gtUK router.  some areas of the house suffers from 
> very low or no signal.  Is there any easy way to rdctify this situation.  4 
> wireless laptops connects to router via PCMCIA wireless adapters Some 
> 802.11b and some 802.11g.

"No signal" is hard to measure or improve.  I have no signal from my home
wireless when I am at work.  That would be hard to boost enough to make it
work.

"low signal" can be improved quite nicely for free.

http://www.freeantennas.com  EZ-12, printed on photo paper for thick stock,
with aluminum foil glued to the sail, provides a substantial boost in
signal.  http://www.rahul.net/dold/clarence/EZ12-windsurfer.jpg
http://www.rahul.net/dold/clarence/windsurfer-dining.JPG The signal with
the reflector is not only 13dB stronger, it's more stable.

I use a glue stick to glue the foil to the paper before I cut out the
template.  When you cut out the "windsurfer" part, leave the tabs sticking
out farther than the drawing shows.  I spend more time trying to tape the
little tabs in place than anything else.

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"Justin" <Acurajustin1978@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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> What is the house made of?
>

The router is in my garage (16'x16')  which has been converted to my study.

I just realsised that when the conversion was carried out, I chose the best 
insulation product for the walls ceiling and floor (Polyurathane foam, 
Aluminium foil backing).

Nice and warm but I assume it is not much good for the signal to travel 
through!!!

Rohit



>
> Roy Amin wrote:
>> I have a Netgear DG834gtUK router.  some areas of the house suffers from
>> very low or no signal.  Is there any easy way to rdctify this situation. 
>> 4
>> wireless laptops connects to router via PCMCIA wireless adapters Some
>> 802.11b and some 802.11g.
>>
>>
>> Help would be much appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Roy
> 

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In <1128716701.81fb0b23f18a7a26e56484434428340c@teranews> on Fri, 7 Oct 2005
21:25:04 +0100, "Roy Amin" <rohitamin@lycos.co.uk> wrote:

>I have a Netgear DG834gtUK router.  some areas of the house suffers from 
>very low or no signal.  Is there any easy way to rdctify this situation.  4 
>wireless laptops connects to router via PCMCIA wireless adapters Some 
>802.11b and some 802.11g.

Probably the easiest solution is to put a WiFi Repeater (aka Range Expander)
in a part of the house that has signal, which can relay signal to parts of the
house that don't have signal; e.g, Netgear 54 Mbps Wireless Access Point
Model WG602 <http://www.netgear.com/products/details/WG602.php> in Repeater
Mode.

Another option is the Netgear 54 Mbps Wall-Plugged Wireless Range Extender Kit
Model WGXB102 <http://netgear.com/products/details/WGXB102.php>.

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"John Navas" <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote in message 
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> In <1128716701.81fb0b23f18a7a26e56484434428340c@teranews> on Fri, 7 Oct 
> 2005
> 21:25:04 +0100, "Roy Amin" <rohitamin@lycos.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>I have a Netgear DG834gtUK router.  some areas of the house suffers from
>>very low or no signal.  Is there any easy way to rdctify this situation. 
>>4
>>wireless laptops connects to router via PCMCIA wireless adapters Some
>>802.11b and some 802.11g.
>
> Probably the easiest solution is to put a WiFi Repeater (aka Range 
> Expander)
> in a part of the house that has signal, which can relay signal to parts of 
> the
> house that don't have signal; e.g, Netgear 54 Mbps Wireless Access Point
> Model WG602 <http://www.netgear.com/products/details/WG602.php> in 
> Repeater
> Mode.
>
> Another option is the Netgear 54 Mbps Wall-Plugged Wireless Range Extender 
> Kit
> Model WGXB102 <http://netgear.com/products/details/WGXB102.php>.
>
> -- 
> Best regards,        HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
> John Navas           <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>


THANKS JOHN.

Rohit 

Hmm...

Is ther no simple solution such as fitting a more powerful ariel to boost 
the signal?

My router model is Netgear DG834GTUK

Thanks

"Phil Thompson" <phil.thompson@spamcop.net> wrote in message 
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> On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 14:13:58 GMT, John Navas
> <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote:
>
>>e.g, Netgear 54 Mbps Wireless Access Point
>>Model WG602 <http://www.netgear.com/products/details/WG602.php> in 
>>Repeater
>>Mode.
>
> ISTR they only repeat other instances of the same device, and won't
> repeat an 834 router. You could wire a 602 to the router and then use
> a second 602 as a repeater to that, but ??
>
> Phil
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In general, what a better antenna does is concentrate the signal in a given
direction at the expense of other directions.  That's why you'll often see
them referred to as "directional" antennas.  To be really effective, you may
need them on both ends (wireless clients as well as the access point), which
can be inconvenient.  If you want a stronger signal in general, then you need
more transmit power, again perhaps on both ends.  That's why it often makes
more sense to (a) relocate the access point; (b) switch to units with longer
range [e.g., new MIMO technology]; (c) add a repeater; or (d) add another
access point.

In <1128953655.5f3e5a1c9d8f54487af14ca7990caf87@teranews> on Mon, 10 Oct 2005
15:13:56 +0100, "Roy Amin" <rohitamin@lycos.co.uk> wrote:

>Hmm...
>
>Is ther no simple solution such as fitting a more powerful ariel to boost 
>the signal?
>
>My router model is Netgear DG834GTUK
>
>Thanks
>
>"Phil Thompson" <phil.thompson@spamcop.net> wrote in message 
>news:tr9kk1hgdi8l8aqiv8h7r5mboioumq4mk9@4ax.com...
>> On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 14:13:58 GMT, John Navas
>> <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote:
>>
>>>e.g, Netgear 54 Mbps Wireless Access Point
>>>Model WG602 <http://www.netgear.com/products/details/WG602.php> in 
>>>Repeater
>>>Mode.
>>
>> ISTR they only repeat other instances of the same device, and won't
>> repeat an 834 router. You could wire a 602 to the router and then use
>> a second 602 as a repeater to that, but ??
>>
>> Phil
>> -- 
>>
>> Usenet spam eaten by a Hamster http://www.tglsoft.de/
>> No more cable clowns  :-))
>> Please do not feed or re-quote the trolls. 
>

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Best regards,        HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
John Navas           <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>

> Is ther no simple solution such as fitting a more powerful ariel to boost 
> the signal?

Yes but antennas don't have "power" as such but rather take from one 
area to provide gain in another.

Pop to www.solwise.co.uk and have a mooch around on the wireless 
antennas page but you'll need a minimum of 6dB gain to roughly double 
your range and in doing so will remove the signal from other locations.

You'd probably get good results by just locating the router somewhere 
near the middle of the property instead of the usual corner where the 
phone/cable comes in.

David.

Just centralise the router.

Put it in the centre of the house.