WIFI signal booster

[31bb3]

Just wondering if anyone can point me in the right direcion im after a signal booster for my wifi i have a sky broadband box but cant sem to find anywhere to fit an extension aerial im not much of a pc geek so and suggestions would be appreciated or will i just need a really long lan lead want to get the pc on in the brewhouse ???????

 

[simonranson]

Look at something like a homeplug, either cabled at both ends, or acting as a wireless extender. For the cabled version they are plug-and-play, and work a treat.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/computing/networking-over-the-mains/homeplug-adaptors

 

[31bb3]

been to maplin today but chap seemed a bit vague

 

[Titch]

how far away is your brew shed?
most wifi will reach an average size garden

search on ebay for homeplug they work but arent that fast in my experience

 

[31bb3]

bout 60 mtrs to broadband box tried today no joy

 

[Titch]

i use a bt business hub BT2700HGV

pick them up off ebay with the right firmware found here

http://bt2700hgv.tripod.com/ir1002700HGV.htm

you can boost the signal strength

i have an old one so use the firmware SBC v4.25 firmware
which is from America and has higher settings for wifi

hope it helps in the quest for connectivity

 

[31bb3]

will it fit the sky BB box though ???

 

[doodles]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2-4GHz-25dbi-Yagi ... 885wt_1139

Try that. (It's not me selling it)

 

[bigred]

you need something like this http://www.cclonline.com/product/42871/ ... a/NET1408/

 

[Stone Cold]

TRY THIS!

around the router make a kind of satellite dish from tin foil and point the dish in the direction your wanting it to reach further can work by 50%

there are loads of examples on google / youtube.

sounds silly but 90% of the time it works every time lol

 

[HLA91]

With the right kit I have heard good results from the pringles antenna or cantenna as it is known.
When I needed internet down my shed and the wifi was poor I simply bought cabling. On amazon it is so cheap that I would consider 2 x 30 Metres with a joiner in the middle. No fussing with wireless and its more secure. Total cost for 2 x 30m + joiner = £9.44

 

[doodles]

Like quite a few things lately the Chinese ones are leading the way as they have cheap manufacturing costs and usually ignore the patents the stifle innovation.

For example Chinese £10 torches are brighter than the £250 one you can buy in the UK and hold a charge longer.

 

[Sean_Mc]

Another vote for tin foil :thumb:

Take a sheet folded a couple of times then place behind the router to bounce the wifi to the shed, saw it on Brainiac, I do science me :lol: