Extending Access Point Range wirelessly
Hi,
I'm trying to help a friend who is setting up a wireless network in his home. He has a wireless router at one side of his house and a study at the opposite end of the house with a pc with wireless adapter attached. At the moment he cannot get a good signal... I would like to solve this using no wires... As such we have 2 options... Boost the signal by increasing the output signal of the AP or receiver sensitivity of the adapter. As my friend is not local to me and has little knowledge of networking I'd like to keep it as simple as possible.
My proposed solution which I believe should be possible, affordable and easy to set up would be to place a wireless access point in his roof in the middle of his house and bridge the signal between the original router and the client adapter in his study. However the wireless router and the additional access point would have to connect to each other wirelessly... How do you do this?
Has anyone done this? Any ideas of the best products for the job? I currently use a Linksys WRT54G router myself with Sveasoft firmware, I have been very happy with this product, could I use this for the scenario? Any tips on configuration of products would also be fantastic.
Thanks in advance...
Pete
read more and respond »Posted 5 years ago by pete_white76 in Wireless Networking
