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Or, buy a Linksys WRT54 router, load Tomato (http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato) and jack up the signal level. Be careful not to
by Jun8 16y ago
Or, buy a Linksys WRT54 router, load Tomato (http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato) and jack up the signal level. Be careful not to exceed the legal limit (or not).
- mistermann 16y agoI tried this technique on my WRT54 (running Tomato jacked way up already) and it really did seem to help. But ultimately the stupid cats kept knocking the antennas off so I just set up another router at the other end of the house.
- Groxx 16y agoDD-WRT lets you do the same. The power on my Netgear defaults to 71 out of 251 (mW) :) I'm seriously loving DD-WRT, far far far more capable. And IPtables!
- rubyrescue 16y agodoes it really help to boost the signal? i tried before and didn't seem to get much of a difference.
- Groxx 16y agoHaven't been able to test it, just looked for a comparable setting. I'd bet it depends on the router, but I should be able to actually test tomorrow. Want me to?
- rubyrescue 16y agosure - i think one of the above answered it for me that there is no equivalent boost on the client end which i think is why it hasn't helped me much.
- illumin8 16y agoIt depends on the quality of the amplifier in your radio. Like a cheap stereo, if you turn it up to max volume, you can hear it louder, but the signal gets distorted.
- machrider 16y agoBoosting the Tx power of the router only solves half of the problem. Wifi connections are symmetric; the clients need to transmit back to the router, too. A bigger antenna (even home-brewed like this) boosts Tx and Rx capability, so it's a better solution.