Is your house wired for Ethernet?
3 floor house, modem downstairs, wifi top floor?
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I have my modem in my basement (it's a modem/router in 1).I need way to keep it in th basement and get wifi to the top floor, what should I do?
I have my modem in my basement (it's a modem/router in 1).I need way to keep it in th basement and get wifi to the top floor, what should I do?
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for some reason i read "modern house". I was thinking... oh so your house is internally wired with ethernet cables...
just get some really big antennas for the wireless router, like 15 dbi. then equally as big antennas on the wireless cards. you should be ok.
dont forget to use WPA encryption or your neighbors will enjoy your internet as well!
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just get some really big antennas for the wireless router, like 15 dbi. then equally as big antennas on the wireless cards. you should be ok.
dont forget to use WPA encryption or your neighbors will enjoy your internet as well!
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Modem is connected to the phone line in the basement :/
So I would have to get a really big antenna? It's for my mom's laptop on the top floor
Originally Posted by GH0  Is your house wired for Ethernet? |
So I would have to get a really big antenna? It's for my mom's laptop on the top floor
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I wonder what that guy is doing with a Alfa 500 and 19dbi antana!
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Originally Posted by mnishimura00 for some reason i read "modern house". I was thinking... oh so your house is internally wired with ethernet cables... just get some really big antennas for the wireless router, like 15 dbi. then equally as big antennas on the wireless cards. you should be ok. dont forget to use WPA encryption or your neighbors will enjoy your internet as well!
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i am with gho
i just built a pc out of scraps for my garage (for service manuals, referring to m/c forums, and to keep me entertained while i am working out there) and it is as far from my router as possible while still remaining in the house. luckily i run dd-wrt so i just upped the tx power a it. i am nowhere near max, just a bit of a bump was enough to go from a low signal to a strong one
Originally Posted by GH0 Yeah, there is no need for that antenna, at all. At least not in any normal circumstance like these. What you can do, is (if you have a compatible router) install DD-WRT, increase the TX Power and try to go from there. You may not have to end up doing anything and everything should be fine, but, try it out first. |
i just built a pc out of scraps for my garage (for service manuals, referring to m/c forums, and to keep me entertained while i am working out there) and it is as far from my router as possible while still remaining in the house. luckily i run dd-wrt so i just upped the tx power a it. i am nowhere near max, just a bit of a bump was enough to go from a low signal to a strong one
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I was wondering the very same thing.
Something you have to remember, if you can use an external antenna, is that it actually probably will not help your problem. Even something with high dbi is only going to squeeze the field down. It will transmit a longer distance, but the field width will be smaller. As such, you will likely have as poor of reception at the top floor as you do now. The simplest solution is to just buy a WAP. If you can, place it on the 2nd floor. This will likely cover the top floor well enough.
Just so you know, if the router has external antennas, the field will be weakest at the pole.
3 ElectroMagnetic Fields Classes being put to practical use. Knew it would happen someday.
Originally Posted by scottsee I wonder what that guy is doing with a Alfa 500 and 19dbi antana!
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Something you have to remember, if you can use an external antenna, is that it actually probably will not help your problem. Even something with high dbi is only going to squeeze the field down. It will transmit a longer distance, but the field width will be smaller. As such, you will likely have as poor of reception at the top floor as you do now. The simplest solution is to just buy a WAP. If you can, place it on the 2nd floor. This will likely cover the top floor well enough.
Just so you know, if the router has external antennas, the field will be weakest at the pole.
3 ElectroMagnetic Fields Classes being put to practical use. Knew it would happen someday.
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That picture is a joke right?
Originally Posted by mnishimura00 for some reason i read "modern house". I was thinking... oh so your house is internally wired with ethernet cables... just get some really big antennas for the wireless router, like 15 dbi. then equally as big antennas on the wireless cards. you should be ok. dont forget to use WPA encryption or your neighbors will enjoy your internet as well!
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and how do you figure out where the poles located?
Originally Posted by Matt*S. I was wondering the very same thing. Something you have to remember, if you can use an external antenna, is that it actually probably will not help your problem. Even something with high dbi is only going to squeeze the field down. It will transmit a longer distance, but the field width will be smaller. As such, you will likely have as poor of reception at the top floor as you do now. The simplest solution is to just buy a WAP. If you can, place it on the 2nd floor. This will likely cover the top floor well enough. Just so you know, if the router has external antennas, the field will be weakest at the pole. 3 ElectroMagnetic Fields Classes being put to practical use. Knew it would happen someday. |
The picture sucks, but keep in mind, I made it on my laptop without a mouse @ 3a. Quick explanation of it is like this:
In the green section is where the field is transmitted. Think of it as though it is 3 dimensional but certainly not to scale. The best area to get a connection is when you are to the side of the unit.
In the red section is the worst possible way for you to get a connection. Still possible, but highly unlikely through several floors. To maximise coverage if you have multiple antennas would be to have one parallel to the basement floor, and another perpendicular. This would at least give you a fighting chance up on the 3rd floor as well as throughout the rest of the house.
In the green section is where the field is transmitted. Think of it as though it is 3 dimensional but certainly not to scale. The best area to get a connection is when you are to the side of the unit.
In the red section is the worst possible way for you to get a connection. Still possible, but highly unlikely through several floors. To maximise coverage if you have multiple antennas would be to have one parallel to the basement floor, and another perpendicular. This would at least give you a fighting chance up on the 3rd floor as well as throughout the rest of the house.
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Homeplug or powerline ethernet?
Originally Posted by Ladiesman101 idk wat it is called,but there is something new(er) that has you put a plug in a wall and then get it somewhere through there,im going to look it up,give me a few |
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