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

[Martyn Welch]

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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