Extended Range of Your Wireless Network

[InsanelyOne]

Aftab threw up a thread some time back about the Alpha brand of WIFI estensions like this one:
Alfa Super Wi Fi Extender 1000mW 802 11b G USB WiFi Network Adapter | eBay

I have one of these that took me from "0" signal to 5 bars through 5 block walls. Definitely worth looking into as well if you have signal problems.

Bear in mind the wifi extender listed here only supports the older (read slower) "b" and "g" wifi standards.

 

[dv8]

we have a wifi that covers all the house and, accordingly to my mobile it does even reach outside (my android list it on wifi network when i am on the street). but i connect with no problems in entire house.
we have two linksys routers: one provided dominican network and one has american IP.

 

[Robert]

I personally prefer running Ethernet to every room in the household. It shouldn't be too painful to buy a 100-foot spool, some metal piping to contain it outdoors, and drill holes into the property where the cabling would enter. Weatherproof the entries with DapTex or some other silicon-based sealant.

Not only does that ensure full duplex 100MB bandwidth to every workstation, but it takes away likely sources of interference that typically happen with RF transmission.

I guess you haven't been around that many DR houses
I would need to channel out all the walls in my apartment and office to do this.

 

[Lothario666]

I guess you haven't been around that many DR houses
I would need to channel out all the walls in my apartment and office to do this.

I was going to say the same Robert, hard to bury wires in concrete walls.
Using those self-sticking plastic wiring channels get ugly, and the glue lets go after a while, making it necessary to drill and screw them to the walls.

Also if one has 220v service, some rooms on one side of the 220v and other rooms on the other side of the 220v, I thought the units had to be on the same 110v side, If true, those rooms on the opposite side would not work. Maybe they have overcome that handicap.

 

[MerengueDutchie]

I was going to say the same Robert, hard to bury wires in concrete walls.
Using those self-sticking plastic wiring channels get ugly, and the glue lets go after a while, making it necessary to drill and screw them to the walls.

Also if one has 220v service, some rooms on one side of the 220v and other rooms on the other side of the 220v, I thought the units had to be on the same 110v side, If true, those rooms on the opposite side would not work. Maybe they have overcome that handicap.

I also seem to remember that the Powerline adaptors need to be in the same electrical group and in the same phase... otherwise they might not work

 

[cobraboy]

I also seem to remember that the Powerline adaptors need to be in the same electrical group and in the same phase... otherwise they might not work

Whatever that plug is connected to in the main bus will work.