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Title: Extending wi-fi coverage to 500m
Post by: viper37 on June 03, 2013, 02:10:54 PM
Could I cover about 500m, outdoors, with a single kit that does not costs in the tens of thousand of dollars?  I'd like to have one internet connection for my office/home, for my dad accross the street, my my warehouse and my aunt's home about halfway through all these points?

My router already pushes halfway to the warehouse and my dad's place, wich happens to be my aunt's living room, but it's the ultimate limit with a range extender in my house.

Title: Re: Extending wi-fi coverage to 500m
Post by: Darth Wagtaros on June 03, 2013, 02:29:56 PM
You can sometimes get better antenae for routers.  You can also get some WAPS and use them as repeaters for the signal from teh router. 
Title: Re: Extending wi-fi coverage to 500m
Post by: Caliga on June 03, 2013, 04:45:02 PM
Yeah, put in a repeater in your aunt's living room.
Title: Re: Extending wi-fi coverage to 500m
Post by: Grey Fox on June 03, 2013, 08:07:35 PM
Are you willing to spend 5k?
Title: Re: Extending wi-fi coverage to 500m
Post by: Phillip V on June 03, 2013, 08:18:59 PM
Dream of covering the world.
Title: Re: Extending wi-fi coverage to 500m
Post by: Josquius on June 04, 2013, 05:59:29 AM
I use dd-wrt firmware. Has more features then standard packed in stuff and does let you boost your router signal. It has the disclaimer however that this might be illegal
Title: Re: Extending wi-fi coverage to 500m
Post by: viper37 on June 04, 2013, 09:58:17 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on June 03, 2013, 08:07:35 PM
Are you willing to spend 5k?
Nope.

I'll make some tests with my range extender when my cousin comes.

Can we piggy back those devices to extend the range?  Would 3 range extenders make it work?  I need one in my house so I have decent wi-fi connexion, one in my aunt's living room and one in the warehouse?
Title: Re: Extending wi-fi coverage to 500m
Post by: Grey Fox on June 04, 2013, 10:40:05 AM
I think you can but you might suffer signal degradation.

Look on this website, Viper : http://www.simplewifi.com/
Title: Re: Extending wi-fi coverage to 500m
Post by: viper37 on June 04, 2013, 05:11:44 PM
thanks :)

EDIT: my router does not have antenna port  <_<
Title: Re: Extending wi-fi coverage to 500m
Post by: Darth Wagtaros on June 04, 2013, 08:09:16 PM
Back to using a repeater then. Or multiple repeaters.
Title: Re: Extending wi-fi coverage to 500m
Post by: DontSayBanana on June 04, 2013, 09:48:23 PM
Repeater doesn't have to be expensive, either, considering the aforementioned DD-WRT firmware.
Title: Re: Extending wi-fi coverage to 500m
Post by: Caliga on June 06, 2013, 04:28:34 PM
I have a Netgear repeater that I think cost me $20.  Works perfectly (though it's taken several firmware upgrades to get it to this point).