Networking Concluded

Three Hundred Sixty Third Post: Networking Concluded

Well we put up the Wifi antenna today. The difficult thing with working with these antennas is the connections. It is easy to build a homemade antenna, but hooking it to the wireless access point is the trouble. Every brand router has their own style of connections. In less than an hour we had the antenna placed and connected. What was the boast in signal? About 450 ft and an solid wall away, through the window I got a signal that ranged between 25% and 55% on the second floor and on the first floor I got a signal of 60%. That is as strong as you could expect inside the house of the wireless access point.

The steps now are to get a cheap access point that can act as a repeater. Hook that into a switch and you have broadband throughout the entire home. The key to the network was to plug an access point directly into the main router.

I’m glad the wireless project is done. Now it is on to the next project. But until then... May the Creative Force be with You