Wireless home networking suggestions

Kaj17 · 05-27-2004

My friend is moving into a new house and wants to set up a wireless network.
I have suggested him to use D-Link hardware because it is one of the best performing routers out there.

However we have some questions. He will have 2.4ghz phones in the house and doesn't know if he should use the G band or the A band. He was even perhaps thinking of the D-Link router that has A,B, and G bands. He still has some B network cards that he could still use. He will also be buying some more as well and he will need good range so probably G is what he will be buying. With the 3-band router...can one operate at all three bands at once or only one at once?

Also, he will need to spread the signal throughout the house. I was thinking of recommending him to buy a big omnidirectional antenna that he could hookup next through the router instead of buying multiple access points. We are not sure on the feet calculations but he will probably need some signal boosting so perhaps a different antenna may be the way to go to spread the signal throughout the whole house. Thankyou.

wrzwaldo · 05-27-2004

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Originally Posted by Kaj17

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Also, he will need to spread the signal throughout the house. I was thinking of recommending him to buy a big omnidirectional antenna that he could hookup next through the router instead of buying multiple access points. We are not sure on the feet calculations but he will probably need some signal boosting so perhaps a different antenna may be the way to go to spread the signal throughout the whole house. Thankyou.

Does he live in a castle? Hell my linksys reaches several neighbors!

chuck2 · 05-27-2004

I live in a house made of granite and I can barely connect from the back porch, then again I have a pretty crappy belkin model.

I would say scrap the phones, do you people really need everything wireless? If so get some 900mhz phones.

I also like the idea of increasing transmission and reception by antenna, while keeping the signal from going out side. (I think this sentence might be hard to make sense of). What I mean is, use a directional antenna, and aim it upwards, to keep the siganl from being too strong outside of the house. You probaly will not need an amplifier with a well tuned antenna.

The Others · 05-27-2004

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Originally Posted by chuck2

I also like the idea of increasing transmission and reception by antenna,

I don't.

I live in a long thin terraced housed; I have the AP near the front of the house and cannot recieve a conection when at the rear of the house. I have experimented with different antennas and placements, but, found nothing gave a marked improvement.

In this instance, I would much prefer to install multiple access points. I'd tweak these down so that they used the least power possible, whilst still covering my house. Unfortunatly, I can't because the room best suited for an access point at the rear of the house is the bathroom...

But still, I believe that multiple, low power access points are the way to go. It may be a little expensive, but, the price of antennas quickly add up. I just don't like to use a sledgehammer to open a peanut. We're more inteligant than that

05-27-2004	#1 (permalink)
Kaj17 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 6	Wireless home networking suggestions My friend is moving into a new house and wants to set up a wireless network. I have suggested him to use D-Link hardware because it is one of the best performing routers out there. However we have some questions. He will have 2.4ghz phones in the house and doesn't know if he should use the G band or the A band. He was even perhaps thinking of the D-Link router that has A,B, and G bands. He still has some B network cards that he could still use. He will also be buying some more as well and he will need good range so probably G is what he will be buying. With the 3-band router...can one operate at all three bands at once or only one at once? Also, he will need to spread the signal throughout the house. I was thinking of recommending him to buy a big omnidirectional antenna that he could hookup next through the router instead of buying multiple access points. We are not sure on the feet calculations but he will probably need some signal boosting so perhaps a different antenna may be the way to go to spread the signal throughout the whole house. Thankyou.

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05-27-2004	#3 (permalink)
chuck2 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 103	I live in a house made of granite and I can barely connect from the back porch, then again I have a pretty crappy belkin model. I would say scrap the phones, do you people really need everything wireless? If so get some 900mhz phones. I also like the idea of increasing transmission and reception by antenna, while keeping the signal from going out side. (I think this sentence might be hard to make sense of). What I mean is, use a directional antenna, and aim it upwards, to keep the siganl from being too strong outside of the house. You probaly will not need an amplifier with a well tuned antenna.