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On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 5:28 PM, Jim March <1.jim.march@gmail.com> wrote:
> Mark, you don't just need a better access point, you also need better
> antennas.  Linksys routers blow chunks because the antennas aren't connected
> to standard screw-in connections.  You want something that takes standard
> oversize antennas, usually the "SMC" type.
>
> Your Linksys router at best has a pair of 3db antennas.  Stick a pair of 7db
> or 9db on there and whoa, no more troubles.
>
> Personally I like Hawking wifi gear - everything is set up to allow massive
> oversize antennas.  Last I checked Fry's Electronics has the whole Hawking
> and Trendnet product lines.  I set up an extended range wifi install in
> Tucson recently using a pair of Trendnet 7db antennas on a single base:
>
> http://www.trendnet.com/products/proddetail.asp?prod=140_TEW-AI77OB&cat=68
>
> ...plugged into a Hawking N-class access point.  Punched through multiple
> 3ft-thick interior walls in this ancient adobe building :).  Whole thing
> cost $108 total with tax :).  I could have done a pair of 9db antennas
> plugged straight into the access point but this was a cleaner install, the
> Trendnet "base" could be bolted to the wall fairly high up, which
> compensated (I think) for the slightly reduced raw punch.
>
> You want omnidirectional antennas rather than directional types for your
> needs!
>
> You MIGHT be able to find adapters allowing oversize antennas on the router
> you've got, but it's still an N-class device.  I'd jump to N-class plus
> standard connectors to oversize antennas.
>
> Jim
>
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