[TriLUG] OT: Device for Improving WiFi Reception?

[Steve Litt]

On Mon, 15 Dec 2014 11:00:07 -0800 (PST)
Joseph Mack NA3T <jmack at austintek.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 15 Dec 2014, Scott Chilcote wrote:
> 
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I swung by Intrex on my lunch break and found a TP-Link indoor
> > antenna with cable and base for cheap.
> 
> Hope it works. I would expect that a better solution is one that
> doesn't modify the laptop and hence require an elderly person to keep
> track of bits and whether they're plugged in correctly etc.
> 
> My approach would be to put a wap somewhere in her appartment, in a
> spot with max signal, with as many antennas as are needed to connect
> as a client to the present wifi system. Give it its own SSID and let
> her connect to that.
> 
> Joe

If you're going to do that, can't you just buy one of those Wifi range
increasers at Costco?

SteveT

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