WiFi Wifi Repeater Placement

[dar1437]

Afternoon chaps,

Lets say you wanted to send a wireless signal 100m and at 95m it was on say 1 bar and very weak. If you used a wifi repeater, how far away from the source would be the ideal distance to put it to get maximum effect?

Cheers

Dar

 

[IANB]

halfway would be logical I think

 

[dar1437]

Thats what i was thinking

The reason i asked was, someone in the NowTV thread said that they had a weak signal where the now box was, so they put a repeater next to the box (if i read it correctly?lol) which seemed a bit odd to me, as surely if there was just say 1 bar where the box was, then the repeater would only be repeating a 1 bar strength of signal?

 

[rawsy]

Thats what i was thinking

The reason i asked was, someone in the NowTV thread said that they had a weak signal where the now box was, so they put a repeater next to the box (if i read it correctly?lol) which seemed a bit odd to me, as surely if there was just say 1 bar where the box was, then the repeater would only be repeating a 1 bar strength of signal?

Depends it might have been an access point or had a better receiver giving a good signal.

For example I have my CCTV connected to my super hub in the loft bedroom. On a laptop the signal drops out all of the time. On the access point I use I get a steady 68% signal .

 

[Him Her]

Save yourself a load of hassle M8 - buy one of these kits:

NETGEAR 200Mbps Powerline Wireless-N Extender Kit | Ebuyer.com

Powerline adapter near router, plug in ethernet cable. Plug the wireless end in where you want wifi out, instant hotspot

***Just check before you buy that it's the full kit!

 

[wolfort]

500mbps ones are better and in similar price range, though they only have 100m ethernet

Save yourself a load of hassle M8 - buy one of these kits:

NETGEAR 200Mbps Powerline Wireless-N Extender Kit | Ebuyer.com

Powerline adapter near router, plug in ethernet cable. Plug the wireless end in where you want wifi out, instant hotspot

***Just check before you buy that it's the full kit!

 

[Him Her]

500mbps ones are better and in similar price range, though they only have 100m ethernet

Why? Given they won't be any faster?

 

[D1GG3R]

Just to comment.
If anybody is thinking of powerline ethernet plugs and you are interested in short wave radio have a search on google for 'rsgb powerline'
It seems that some of these devices are killing certain parts of the HF band...

Carry on lol
DiGG

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