Increasing signal strength of an AE Base Station

[dust]

Anyone know of ways to increase the signal strength of Airport Extreme Base Stations (this one has no ports to put third party antennas).

[Edited on 4-13-2004 by dust]

[penmanila]

i think dr. bott makes a plug-in signal booster for the APE BS. i saw one at apple center megamall, just can't remember for how much.

[directX]

The Dr. Bott external antenna is only compatible with AEBS with external antenna port.

[extremyks]

Soon I will do this.. on my old ABS, just need to find the parts... Here's the link how to do it.

Btw, take note of the drawback... either you dont use the casing or make a hole.

[Edited on 4-13-2004 by extremyks]

[Edited on 4-13-2004 by extremyks]

[danieldy]

Originally posted by extremyks
Soon I will do this.. on my old ABS, just need to find the parts... Here's the link how to do it.

Btw, take note of the drawback... either you dont use the casing or make a hole.

Hey Mike!

I'm thinking of trying this on my old ABS snow. We should do it together! I'm scared I might break something eh! :roll:

[Henjie]

Originally posted by dust
Anyone know of ways to increase the signal strength of Airport Extreme Base Stations (this one has no ports to put third party antennas).

[Edited on 4-13-2004 by dust]

Replace it with a Linksys WRT54G. ;-) Just kidding!

The QuickerTek Airport Basestation Antenna might be the answer. You'll need a drill to install it though (yup, you're gonna have to drill a hole in your AEBS). $122(!) from Small Dog.


~Henjie

[dust]

Originally posted by Henjie
Replace it with a Linksys WRT54G. ;-) Just kidding!

The QuickerTek Airport Basestation Antenna might be the answer. You'll need a drill to install it though (yup, you're gonna have to drill a hole in your AEBS). $122(!) from Small Dog.


~Henjie

Actually I was thinking of getting a WRT54G. At least there's a hack to jack up the juicy beyond FCC regs.

I guess am just gonna have to put the base station in my room.

[Maverick]

Originally posted by dust
of getting a WRT54G. At least there's a hack to jack up the juicy beyond FCC regs.

I guess am just gonna have to put the base station in my room.

what hack would that be? what does it do?

[quicksilver]

Originally posted by Maverick

Originally posted by dust
of getting a WRT54G. At least there's a hack to jack up the juicy beyond FCC regs.

I guess am just gonna have to put the base station in my room.

what hack would that be? what does it do?

i'd be interested in that too.
i have a wrt54g located on the ground floor of my house and the signal strength on the 2nd floor isnt strong enough.

[Maverick]

Originally posted by quicksilver

Originally posted by Maverick

Originally posted by dust
of getting a WRT54G. At least there's a hack to jack up the juicy beyond FCC regs.

I guess am just gonna have to put the base station in my room.

what hack would that be? what does it do?

i'd be interested in that too.
i have a wrt54g located on the ground floor of my house and the signal strength on the 2nd floor isnt strong enough.

FYI: from what I remember from my training when I worked at Linksys, it's better to put the WiFi Router/Access Point at the highest part of your house. Not at the lowest, not unless your using a repeater of some sort (or another AP or Booster).