[clue-tech] Request for Comments: Wireless repeater

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A possible solution might be to work with the neighbor to improve your  
mother's reception.
Moving the wireless router to a higher location with fewer obstacles  
( walls, floors, fences, trees ).
A directional antenna or reflector at the router may help as well.  I  
am presuming that the router does get moved around.
If the wireless router has diversity antennas ( 2 or 3 antennas ) ,  
one of the antennas could be aimed at your mother's house.
Good Luck
Gus


> On Jan 6, 2010, at 12:03 AM, Mike Stanczyk wrote:
>
> My mother keeps asking me for technology.  She uses her neighbor's  
> wireless
> to get on the internet, with permission thankfully.  The connection  
> is near
> the limit for her nearly G wireless laptop.
>
> So she needs a wireless repeater.  My first impulse is a Linksys dd- 
> wrt
> flashed router in a repeater mode.  Not a problem.
>
> But before I ship it, I'd thought I ask around for comments.   
> Different
> hardware is a possibility but I'd like something that could be  
> reconfigured
> back to a standard router later on.
>
> Different software is a possibility too.  I'm not set on dd-wrt,  
> it's just
> the first thing that jumps to mind.
>
> Oh and remote support is high on the list.  My mom is not that  
> technical.
> She's learning but anything more complicated than programming her  
> vcr and
> she's lost.
>
> thanks!
> Mike
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