[Lancaster] WIFI question: picking up with one antenna, forwarding with another?

[Ken Hough]

Martyn,

I'm not sure on that one. Just after I got my router, I did a bit of 
research. I remember reading about booster devices which would allow 
operation over considerable distances. I can't remember the detail just 
now, but will try to look them up.

Ken

Martyn Welch wrote:
> Hi Martin,
> 
> From what I understand about the little wireless routers, it isn't possible to 
> use the antennas separately. Although some of these devices (for example 
> Linksys's wap54g) can be configured as a wireless repeater, which I guess is 
> what you want to do.
> 
> Hope that helps,
> 
> Martyn
> 
> On Thursday 20 April 2006 02:44, mp wrote:
> 
>>hi,
>>
>>we need to build some internet connection at the edge of the rain forest
>>here in ecuador, and have some questions about hardware choices.
>>
>>there is a wifi service being beamed from huge antennas on a hill-top,
>>but it is not quite strong enough and so we need to have an outdoor
>>antenna on the roof. this means that we need either loads of cabling,
>>which is not really an option, or we need to be able to pick up that
>>signal with one antenna and then broadcast locally a new signal
>>(preferably with a DHCP server) from another antenna- and in the best
>>case scenario it would all happen with one and the same little access
>>point style piece of hardware.
>>
>>is it possible? what hardware can do this?
>>
>>it is not really an option to configure a box to do the trick for a
>>variety of reasons, including money, space and unstable electricity
>>
>>thanks,
>>mp
>>
>>
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