wifi repeaters or range extenders

[Artie Lekstutis]

I've set up and used a few WiFi repeaters over the years. I have one set 
up permanently at my house and one at my brothers house. I've also used 
them short term to get around coverage/connectivity issues. They 
generally work fine, security is variable (depending on what you are 
trying to do). They do have some annoying quirks.

Mostly I use old Linksys WRT54GLs that I have lying around and a Linksys 
E3000. I wouldn't buy a WRT54GL today. I re-flashed them with DD-WRT, 
which I find more reliable and easier to configure:
     http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index

To extend the range between the repeater and the access point, I 
sometimes use a Cantenna that I built. I think I used these plans, or 
something very similar:
http://www.mikestechblog.com/joomla/component/content/article/58-extend-wireless-wifi-network-building-24-ghz-cantenna.html

At my brothers place I set up a Ubiquiti Bullet, which is mounted 
outdoors and uses Power Over Ethernet. That's worked very well for a few 
years now:
     http://www.ubnt.com/bullet

Artie Lekstutis
KC2MFS

On 10/6/2013 6:48 AM, Terry Fox wrote:
> Has anybody messed with wifi repeaters or range extenders?
>
> I'm going out of town to a place where there is a very marginal wifi 
> signal inside a garden-style condo, from an adjacent building.  The 
> wifi is open BTW (no wep, wpa, etc).  I was thinking of putting a wifi 
> range extender just outside the condo, so the signal inside the condo 
> is stronger.  Do those things work?  I don't plan to do any banking or 
> ordering of stuff while using this open wifi, just a little surfing.
> 73, Terry, WB4JFI
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