Home Made 45 dBi antenna
Anyone gonna try this one?
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Home Made 45 dBi antenna
Anyone gonna try this one?
Crazy Aussies :)
These only work in line of sight dont they?
i wanna know how you can increase range + connection through walls, up floors etc?
And if I ever get the rank piece of crap that D-Link's tech weeble assured me would work as a repeater with a DSL604+ working, I'll tell you... :PQuote:
Originally Posted by iMc
cool what ya using? do you unscrew the d-link antennas and replace them :confused:
Cool man! :D
D-Link stuff is pretty bad.
With networking kit, especially wireless, you get what you pay for, and going for a good brand is a good start.
It just has to be pointing in the right direction. If you point it toward the wall roughly at your receiver then you will get a stonger signal.
Hmm, I've always found Dlink wireless stuff good, especially when it comes to range. Only tried their 11b products, but I live in a 3 storey 5 bed victorian terrace (thick walls!) and the AP is in the centre of the house. Full signal anywhere inside, and can go ~50m outside the house too... that's using all dlink gear with stock antennae, so no problems here.
nichomach - I use the DWL-700AP, which is just an access point but works a repeater flawlessly. something in the DSL range is a router right? if you're using the router side as well I'm doubting you'll ever get a repeater going on it!
Setup is a DSL604+ ADSL wireless router; DLink advised me that a DWL-900AP+ access point would work in repeater mode with it. What can I tell you; they lied :)
ah, but we have to remember the ****tyness of Dlink tech support. i'd say send it back, but it's probably more worth your while selling it on ebay
got the same problem as you nichomach, the DSL604+ Wireless really is quite awful, it can't even make it through the window in the room without degrading the signal down to 60% :S
I might just get a cheap AP and link it in via cable in the loft, it's gotta provide a better signal than this £$%$% thing lol ;)
Hmmm...the poor signal strength of the 604+ was why I initially got the 900AP+ to act as a repeater (fixed antennae on the 604+, otherwise I'd have just installed a couple of high gain antennae); and the daft thing is it DOES boost the signal, it even joins the right SSID network name, it just doesn't pass any frigging traffic... :confused: :angst:
Ah well. Boss has asked me to just chuck the D-Link kit and find something that works :P
And guess whose network kit I won't be buying in future... :rolleyes:
Go 3com :rockon:
That's possibly my next move if this router gives me any more problems..
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Originally Posted by counterclockwis
I have the DWL-900AP+ and it really sucks. My house is about 15*15 meters 2 floors, and it dosen't cover it. We dont have any thick walls. If I go upstairs (straight above the AP) i have about half signal strenght, and on the other side of the house, not a chance. And outside, don't even think about it.
And I sent it on RMA, and they said : "The product didn't contain any faults". Umm?? I don't think so, because it has worked fine when I bought it. When I just have bought it I could surf outside in the garden and surf while sitting by the diningtable, which isn't possible right now. :rant:
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