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Need help extending my wireless network
kitamesume:
is it possible to wire the ethernet cables through the window and along the stormdrain and back into the house through the window again? thats one option.
by option 4 i meant your question 2 and answering it as a yes.
rathoriel:
get rid of the apple garbage and everything will be ok
SirSkyRider:
--- Quote from: Bob2004 on October 01, 2012, 08:42:41 PM ---Ahh, so just a wireless bridge then? OK, yeah I did misunderstand you.
1. As for laying a cable upstairs, I wasn't thinking of anything that would require much in the way of construction work - more like have it run along the top of the skirting board, up the stairs, and under the door (or potentially through a small hole or groove drilled in the corner of the door, or the door frame - though that would be more major), held in place using those cable clip things you can get for exactly that purpose. Chances are you have some cables running around your house like that already. You could do it yourself with minimal difficulty, though obviously you'd still want to double check it's OK with the owner of the house first.
2. You might also want to check that you don't have any phone sockets (if using ADSL) or cable sockets (for cable internet) on the first floor. If so, connecting your modem and AP to that might solve the problem (although it may impact the speed of your net connection, depending on the quality of the wiring in your house).
3. And finally, there are those power line networking things which plug into power sockets and use the power cables to provide networking. I don't know how good they actually are, and my advice would be to use it only to connect one or two things at most (so connect your games console to your router, and not do anything else with it). Could be worth looking into though, since it's become a relatively cheap option nowadays, and I have actually heard good things about it.
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1. OK, well, I believe that this isn't going to work either. Maybe as a temporary solution, but not permanently. It would (I've calculated a bit) require at least 35m of cable and my mother (who is the owner) would definitely not approve.
2. There is ONE phone socket on the first floor, but I can't install our modem there b/c the line is registered to a different phone number and it would also render internet access unavailable for my parents (who don't like using wireless networking). Another one was installed back when we reconstructed the house front, but it's just a dummy.
3. We've used that some time ago and I can tell you it isn't that good. Furthermore, it would require the router access to be plugged into the same circuit and the second floor and ground floor run on different circuits. Or so I am told, but I can investigate if it may be possible to do it anyway.
--- Quote from: kitamesume on October 02, 2012, 01:53:56 AM ---1. is it possible to wire the ethernet cables through the window and along the stormdrain and back into the house through the window again? thats one option.
2. by option 4 i meant your question 2 and answering it as a yes.
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1. No, not possible. The storm drain runs along the roof and lets the water drop directly into the stream behind our house.
2. Ah, alright.
kitamesume:
not necessarily along the stormdrain, rather make it scale over the wall with this.
run it out the window(bore a small hole on the window frame and stuff it with hardening clay?), nail the wire vertically climbing up, run it into the 2nd floor's window.
edit: its similar to how people wire outdoor antennas onto their roofs.
Freedom Kira:
--- Quote from: kitamesume on October 02, 2012, 06:40:26 AM ---not necessarily along the stormdrain, rather make it scale over the wall with this.
run it out the window(bore a small hole on the window frame and stuff it with hardening clay?), nail the wire vertically climbing up, run it into the 2nd floor's window.
edit: its similar to how people wire outdoor antennas onto their roofs.
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Do you always have to think of the most complicated solutions to simple problems? I swear, if someone asked you to teach their kid how to brush their teeth, you would build a robot to do it for you, along with several other completely unrelated tasks that may or may not cause collateral damage.
OP wants stronger wireless access on the second floor. Stop suggesting wiring and hammering shit into the house. If it wasn't okay to run wires through the walls, it's probably not okay to drill holes in the outside wall either.
Anyway, back to topic. Have you tried using a repeater with the AirPort before? It doesn't really sound like something Apple would support. I have my doubts about it. I'm in favor of ditching the AirPort entirely and replacing it with a router that you have more control over.
I've set up a router and repeater system in a friend's place. It's working well and they're happy with it. The modem and router are in the basement, and the repeater is on the first floor. The signal strength on the second floor is excellent, though if your image is not exaggerating the size, your house seems to be a lot wider and your signal has to travel a much greater horizontal distance than theirs. Both the router and repeater are Rosewill routers; one is just set up to work as a repeater. I have to warn, though, that Rosewill's hardware might be decent and cheap, but they are a pain to set up.
I would suggest putting a repeater on the first floor and see if that improves your connection to a satisfactory level. If you use a proper N repeater with three antennae, it should probably be okay.
Don't forget that you usually have to configure a repeater via Ethernet, and don't forget to change the IP address of the repeater to be different from that of your main router (usually 192.168.0.1 for the main router, and probably 192.168.0.2 etc. for repeaters). IP clashing is really annoying and wasted over an hour of my time.
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