Wi-Fi Range Extending Antenna

glen4cindy · 07-14-2004

Hello,

I have tried to search for the answer to my question, but, I cannot make heads or tails of the RP-TNC Male/Female stuff, so let me post this and hopefully someone can lead me in the right direction.

I would like to do 1 of two things, maybe both.

I have a Linksys Wireless-B router, model BEFW11S4. I get sporadic low signal levels in my livingroom. The router is in the basement. The location of the laptop in the living room is not really that far from the router, but, I guess all the metal in the drop ceiling and the steel support beams mess up the signal.

I went to Radio Shack today, and saw these range extending replacement antennas. They had 2 styles. One, stated for D-Link on the package, was
on sale for $9.99. The other one they had stated Linksys on the package, but was $30. So, I purchased the $10 one, and now need an adapter that I can attach the range extending antenna to one end, and attach the other end to my router.

I have a photo. The left antenna is the range extending antenna. The right one is what I just took off of the linksys. I need to know the male/female and connection type TNC, SMA etc.

The other option I have is to run a cable to the main level of my home, like in a closet or under the living room couch, etc. from the router in the basement to another wireless router, which is a Netgear. Is it possible to use 2 wireless routers on the same wired network? If I can use one of the outputs of my linksys to feed the Netgear, which jack do I use? Uplink? I would assume if this is possible that I would need to use 2 different channels to keep the routers from fighting for channel usage. The netgear router is model MR814v2.

Thanks for any assistance anyone can provide.

sparafina · 07-15-2004

Return the D-link antenna, adding an adapter would pretty much lose any of the additional gain that the new antenna would provide.

The cheapest solution would be to get the right antenna, the $30.

Adding another AP to the linksys will also work, but it needs to be an access point or a wireless router configured as an access point. You can configure it for roaming by setting the AP to the same SSID and channel as the linksys. Typically, you will have to set a static IP for the wireless router or AP. There should be at least 30% overlap in the area covered by the access points. Connect use the lan ports on the linksys to connect to a lan port on wireless router (Netgear), if you use a pure AP then this isn't an option.

Search for "roaming" and you'll see my thread on this.

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07-15-2004	#2 (permalink)
sparafina Registered Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Julie Speed Posts: 1,430	Return the D-link antenna, adding an adapter would pretty much lose any of the additional gain that the new antenna would provide. The cheapest solution would be to get the right antenna, the $30. Adding another AP to the linksys will also work, but it needs to be an access point or a wireless router configured as an access point. You can configure it for roaming by setting the AP to the same SSID and channel as the linksys. Typically, you will have to set a static IP for the wireless router or AP. There should be at least 30% overlap in the area covered by the access points. Connect use the lan ports on the linksys to connect to a lan port on wireless router (Netgear), if you use a pure AP then this isn't an option. Search for "roaming" and you'll see my thread on this.