KCTAY
@comcast.net
| extending wireless range downstairs
I want to extend my wireless coverage to downstairs in my house. I'm running a Linksys wireless AP (54G) at this time, and it only covers the downstairs area, and deck of my house intermittently with a weak signal.
I'm wondering if the Homeplug or powerline stuff that uses the electrical system in your house works effectively. Something like the LINKSYS PLK200 ?
If that works, could I connect my wire router to the upstairs unit, plugged into the wall with a cat 5 cable, then plug the other unit into a downstairs plug in, and run a cat 5 cable to another wireless AP downstairs?
Would this work?
Thanks in advance |
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tschmidt
Premium,MVM
join:2000-11-12
Milford, NH
 ·Hollis Hosting
 ·Verizon Online DSL
·Fairpoint Communic..
| First thing I'd try is to use a better antenna. If the antennas are removable that is an easy upgrade.
Here is a source I've used:
»www.air802.com/home.php
HomePlug stuff does work. Is there no way you can run Cat 5e cable to the new AP? Through a closet perhaps or pipe/heating duct chase?
/tom |
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efflandt
join:2002-01-25
Elgin, IL
·AT&T Midwest
| reply to KCTAY
I accidentally bought a Netgear WGXB102 Powerline Range Extender thinking it was ethernet on each end. But that was just what my boss needed when he could not get a wireless signal in basement office at one end of his ranch home from wireless router in first floor bedroom at other end.
One end is a module that plugs into a wall outlet and has an ethernet plug. The other module is an AP that you can instantly plug in anywhere you need a strong signal. It can either bridge the wireless as part of your LAN, or can work as a wireless router doing NAT. Works great.
»www.netgear.com/Products/Powerli···102.aspx |
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stevech0
join:2006-09-17
San Diego, CA
 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·VoicePulse
| said by efflandt  :I accidentally bought a Netgear WGXB102 Powerline Range Extender thinking it was ethernet on each end. But that was just what my boss needed when he could not get a wireless signal in basement office at one end of his ranch home from wireless router in first floor bedroom at other end. One end is a module that plugs into a wall outlet and has an ethernet plug. The other module is an AP that you can instantly plug in anywhere you need a strong signal. It can either bridge the wireless as part of your LAN, or can work as a wireless router doing NAT. Works great. » www.netgear.com/Products/Powerli···102.aspx these power line systems sometimes falter when there is a spat of power line noise from a motor, air conditioner, hair dryer, light dimmer, etc. And like X10, are vulnerable to "signal suckers", these being UPSes, TVs, PC, and so on that have power line filters that attenuate high frequencies on the power line for some distance from the connection point.
But - - if it works for a few seasons (HVAC uses), great. |
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Kctay
@comcast.net | reply to tschmidt
Tom,
No, no real way to actually wire the second AP since it would be downstairs, and the opposite end of the house. My broadband comes in in an upstairs room on the other side of the house. |
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Kctay
@comcast.net | reply to stevech0
Steve,
so are you saying you have a better idea to extend my range that is trouble free? |
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