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Re: [Shop-talk] Wifi to the garage

To: shoptalk <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Wifi to the garage
From: Richard George <rkg@teleport.com>
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2011 09:36:06 -0700
Jim,

I have used these little antenna reflectors both ways, though currently 
they are only on the router end since the kid got a laptop with built-in 
wifi.
The aluminum only  goes on the reflector cutout (the rectangular backing).

Best,

rkg
(Richard George)

On 7/6/2011 9:22 AM, Jim Stone wrote:
>
> I am dealing with the exact same issue as Bob. The signal to my 
> garage, which is only a couple of hundred feet from the wireless 
> router, comes and goes.  Besides general surfing to find the answers 
> to car-related questions, I frequently listen to Pandora in the garage 
> (great internet radio station, if you have never tried it) and it will 
> work fine for minutes to hours, then quit because the signal isnt 
> strong enough.I am hoping something like Richard's Parabolic Reflector 
> will help.
>
> Richard: I have two questions for you:first, do you put one of these 
> on both the router and the receiver? And second, does the foil go on 
> both cutouts or just the rectangular backing?
>
> I will report back on how everything worked.
>
> Jim
>
> > Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 09:14:28 -0700
> > From: rkg@teleport.com
> > To: shop-talk@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Wifi to the garage
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > +1 on the wap/antenna - I built some of these and they helped a lot:
> >
> > http://www.freeantennas.com/projects/template2/
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > rkg
> > (Richard George)
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