Comments on: Make your own Wi Fi Range Extender

By: joshua

joshua — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:13:57 +0000

yes ok but this doesnt seem to work if you use plastic drainer

By: Z

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:16:59 +0000

@Jon

Agreed, don’t leave unprotected electronics outside. But distilled water most certainly does boil…in fact, any non-volatile soluble substance (salt for example) will RAISE the boiling point of water.

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 06:57:01 +0000

Sorry to burst your bubble, but rain is FAR from distilled quality.

Yes, rain does start as vapor, which is distilled in the atmosphere, but it picks up alot of contaminants while it’s up there.

If it were distilled, rain water would not boil. Water only boils from impurities. Rainwater boils very rapidly

Point of the post? Don’t leave electronics outside that aren’t properly protected from the elements

By: Cara

Cara — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:29:38 +0000

@jas,
you know that water (like distilled rain water)
doesn’t conduct electrictiy and it’s just silly to say that?

By: Colum

Colum — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:33:24 +0000

I think you would need a powered USB hub to get maximum performance with that much cable.

By: Mech

Mech — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:44:01 +0000

If you think that your wifi connectivity is not so good when you are far away from your wireless router. Then you can consider getting a wifi range extender which is for boosting your router wifi signal.

By: Zach

Zach — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:42:30 +0000

I use a wireless setup at home with one Apple laptop computer. What is the difference between what I have and WiFi? Then why would I subsequently want/need an extension?

Zach

By: Jim Smith, João Pessoa, Brazil

Jim Smith, João Pessoa, Brazil — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:50:53 +0000

This is very neat. You can also make the parabolic antenna using chicken wire carefully molded to the correct shape. With good enough signal collection, you will be amazed at the number of open connections you can find.

I can get one here from a mall located some distance away. The only problem is it’s much slower than my own connection.

By: Covarr

Covarr — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:25:47 +0000

I spent $35 on a Belkin WURE, which acts as a repeater. More effective than an extender, assuming that it’s working right, which it usually isn’t. I need to restart the thing a few times a week.

I wish I’d known about this.

By: Seth

Seth — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:36:51 +0000

This really works? I’m going to have to try this, considering I own all the pieces required. I have my router set up in my basement and get poor signal strength in the rest of the house.

I hope you don’t mind, but I blog about paying off debt and saving money, and I am going to link back to this since it is a money saving idea.