[Novices] wireless network range expansion?

[Jeremy Leonard]

You could add another wap. Connect it with CAT5 to your network.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Petersen" <steve.petersen at charter.net>
To: <novices at kalamazoolinux.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 12:31 AM
Subject: [Novices] wireless network range expansion?


> 
> Hey folks,
> 
> I'm new to Kalamazoo and I could use your expertise.  I've got this 
> typical Linksys wireless G router that won't reach crucial areas of my 
> house.  I tried the $80 larger antennae that Linksys sells (ouch) to 
> little avail, and today tried their $100 "range expander" repeater, 
> which apparently doesn't work with WEP.  (It's hard to say for sure 
> since the configuration software Linksys bundles is, of course, 
> Windows-only--but I've just seen reviews online that suggest it doesn't 
> work with WEP in Windows either.)
> 
> Does anyone have a suggestion for a way to expand my wireless range 
> that's a good combination of a) cheap, b) easy to set up, and c) plays 
> nice with linux?
> 
> (Though I've been using linux for 4 or 5 years now, I'm still a relative 
> novice--never recompiled a kernel, for example, and very little 
> networking knowledge.)
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Steve
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