Wireless Boosting

[Howling]

Right, now my wireless router is... well - out of range.. I actually have 2 wireless routers - is it possible to use one of the routers to boost the signal? ie pick up the signal from the other router then send out it's own signal?

[Yakuzan]

I don't think so... I'm using a D-link Range booster card and router, the router is located about 2 walls in the basement and I
m picking up with 3 dots on five. Althought I used to have 4 T.T


You could always use a cable to link them.

[Howling]

Originally Posted by Yakuzan

You could always use a cable to link them.

If a cable was an option, I would have done it. The distance is 20meters or so. I was using homeplug devices, but they're very unreliable and one of them has died and won't work now.

Edit: 1 of my routers does support Network Bridging, So would that do the job of picking up the other signal, and then sending out it's own? I dunno how bridging works..

[Diablo]

I read the title and thought this was going to be about mooching someone else's wireless.

[Yamii]

Howling, I don't think you want to bridge the network. An internal bridge on a computer (Turn your system into a router) is fine and dandy, but an wireless network bridge will cause a spike in latency. Takes time for it to grab, then rebroadcast. But if the latency isn't an issue for this other computer I can help you out with setting it up.

Have you tried all the at home mods for your router and computer? Is your router able to change antennas? What about the antenna on the computer? It there anywhere you could set up a second access point with a second modem?

[Howling]

Originally Posted by Yamii

Howling, I don't think you want to bridge the network. An internal bridge on a computer (Turn your system into a router) is fine and dandy, but an wireless network bridge will cause a spike in latency. Takes time for it to grab, then rebroadcast. But if the latency isn't an issue for this other computer I can help you out with setting it up.

Have you tried all the at home mods for your router and computer? Is your router able to change antennas? What about the antenna on the computer? It there anywhere you could set up a second access point with a second modem?

By a second access point do you mean connecting a second router to a different phone socket?

Anyway, Ill just explain in detail and draw a little diagram of my setup - and you can suggest the best method.

The router is currently as close as it can possibly be, the signal is going as far as it will reach (due to thick brick walls).
One idea I had was running a cat5e cable outside the house connecting the router to my room - but getting hold of cable long enough is difficult - and drilling holes in walls, makes it last resort. Since I have 2 routers (Belkin F5D7632-4) I figured I'd make use of the second one.

[Aeterna]

To me it sounds like the easiest way would be with using 1 of the routers are a switch, except wireless.

The only thing you really need to do is to put the "switch" router with a default gateway to the ISP-connected router. That way all internet traffic (outside of your private ip range) would be heading to the ISP router and all the incoming traffic would be returned to your pc as it'd be in the routing table after it's been found through broadcasting in the start.

[Zoned87]

Use cantenna

WiFi Antennas-Super Cantenna Wireless Booster Antenna

works good, can boost a signal to a city block, costs about $40

[Yamii]

There we go I knew someone had an awesome antenna link.