1.5 mile wifi booster
This sounds a little like snake oil, but I'll bite Engadget posted a link to a Wi-fi range extender. The claim is that is can boost the signal up to 1.5 miles!!!! For the price of $180 I'm inclined to give it a whirl (Though from my understanding of wireless you would need one on both ends of the connection to make this work). My parents have a few acres and the shop that is far enough from the house that it doesn't get signal from their access point in the house. I had considered a number of solutions for this, but the one that was the least work was burying some fiber in a conduit and getting 2 fiber to copper adapters (I am actually qualified to terminate fiber so this is less insane than it might sound). Wireless would be a hell of a lot less work, but something about this makes me not believe it will work.
What do you think?
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In the city, this would be great for pirating someone else's internet connection. But for the pricetag, it's almost worth just keeping my crappy Comcast.
ReplyDelete^go with natural one's idea
ReplyDeleteI don't like wireless that much. The signal is very inconsistent.
ReplyDeleteNeat.
ReplyDeleteI would rather upgrade my connection for $180. Thanks for sharing though.
ReplyDelete@natural one, are you sure its 65 bucks
ReplyDelete$180 is a bit expensive, but you can always give it a try. :D
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