Wireless Relays?

zimwy · 12-20-2002, 03:32 PM

Hey everyone,
I was wondering if anyone has any ideas for my problem: We used to use a single airport base station in our house. Then we got central air, and now the house is filled with ducts, and the signal barely makes it half as far as it used to. Does anyone know of another brand of wireless router that can relay signals without being directly connected?
I know that if you run wiress between all the base stations, then they can relay signals, but that rather defeats the whole "wireless" thing, doesn't it. I remember reading that some linksys router could relay signals. This is all to share a Cable Modem connection throughout the house. Any ideas? Thanks,

Gabe

JBrown · 12-30-2002, 12:06 AM

You could always get another Base Station, put it in between you and your main base station, and then bridge the two of them. I've never done it before, but it doesn't seem too difficult. All you need is the Aiport Admin Utility which is already on your hard drive in /Applications/Utilities.

Using this technique should get you where you want to be. Now all you have to do is spend $300! Yeah!

Cheers,

Josh

jwosborn · 12-30-2002, 12:48 AM

You could try adding an Extender Antenna. I don’t know if you like the idea of modifying your airport base station but instructions can be found at http://www.vonwentzel.net/ABS/.

Good luck.

jwosborn

g4macuser · 03-01-2003, 10:48 AM

i am using a software basestation not an airport basestation. one machine to the another then to the net through the second machine.

12-20-2002, 03:32 PM	#1
zimwy Prospect Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 39	Wireless Relays? Hey everyone, I was wondering if anyone has any ideas for my problem: We used to use a single airport base station in our house. Then we got central air, and now the house is filled with ducts, and the signal barely makes it half as far as it used to. Does anyone know of another brand of wireless router that can relay signals without being directly connected? I know that if you run wiress between all the base stations, then they can relay signals, but that rather defeats the whole "wireless" thing, doesn't it. I remember reading that some linksys router could relay signals. This is all to share a Cable Modem connection throughout the house. Any ideas? Thanks, Gabe

12-30-2002, 12:06 AM	#2
JBrown Prospect Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 46	You could always get another Base Station, put it in between you and your main base station, and then bridge the two of them. I've never done it before, but it doesn't seem too difficult. All you need is the Aiport Admin Utility which is already on your hard drive in /Applications/Utilities. Using this technique should get you where you want to be. Now all you have to do is spend $300! Yeah! Cheers, Josh __________________ Get busy living or get busy dying.

12-30-2002, 12:48 AM	#3
jwosborn Prospect Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 1	You could try adding an Extender Antenna. I don’t know if you like the idea of modifying your airport base station but instructions can be found at http://www.vonwentzel.net/ABS/. Good luck. jwosborn

03-01-2003, 10:48 AM	#4
g4macuser Major Leaguer Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 393	i am using a software basestation not an airport basestation. one machine to the another then to the net through the second machine.