[Shop-talk] OT: Wireless router (again)?

[PJ McGarvey]

dd-wrt.com is the site

read everything before you try, make sure your router is compatible too

The only downside is that boosting the range is illegal, may cause harm from
the increased power of the radio waves, and might shorten the life of the
router.  I would experiment with increasing a little at a time.  Or get a
repeater.

Also experiment with placement, usually higher is better (2nd floor over 1st
floor) or orienting the antenna(s) so that they direct the signal to the areas
you need coverage.

could also be you just need to change the channel the router uses to something
else different to avoid interference with say a neighbors network, or other
radio-emitting device.

-PJ

> Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:42:53 -0500
> From: mark at sccaprepared.com
> To: shop-talk at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] OT: Wireless router (again)?
>
> Howdy,
>
> On Mon, 21 Jan 2008, PJ McGarvey wrote:
>> I will also recommend the WRT54g, but I don't run the Linksys firmware,
>> 3rd party DD-WRT firmware for me. He's my firewall and is pretty
>> stable. Nice thing is you an boost the signal range (if you dare) as
>> well as many other cool things.
>
> Boost the signal range... Really?
>
> I've got a wrt54g and the location its in doesn't cover the whole house
> very well. I've heard about the different firmware's available, but never
> heard that you could boost the signal with them...
>
> Can you tell me/us some more info on where to find the firewall firmware?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark

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