I think the idea is that you put the reflector on the antenna in the garage,
to extend the range of its radio. If you put the reflector on the antenna of
the router, you would affect reception elsewhere in the house. Also, the
typical router with external antennas has 2 or 3 antennas and would be
difficult to put reflectors on, and some routers have only internal antennas.
An access point usually just has one antenna so you cna put the reflector on
that. The original poster mentioned using a laptop which also would not work
with a reflector, but you can buy a USB wireless adapter for as cheap as $10
and put a reflector on it. You would have to get a good one, there are lots
of junk ones on the market too. A wireless access point would be a better bet
but they are also much more expensive.
You put the foil only on the rectangular part. The other part is just there
to hold the curved piece in the right shape and position.
> I am dealing with the exact same issue as Bob. The signal to my garage,
which
> is only a couple of hundred feet from the wireless router, comes and goes.
> Besides general surfing to find the answers to car-related questions, I
> frequently listen to Pandora in the garage (great internet radio station,
if
> you have never tried it) and it will work fine for minutes to hours, then
quit
> because the signal isnt strong enough. I am hoping something like
Richard's
> Parabolic Reflector will help.
>
> Richard: I have two questions for you: first, do you put one of these on
both
> the router and the receiver? And second, does the foil go on both cutouts
or
> just the rectangular backing?
>
> I will report back on how everything worked.
>
> Jim
>
>
> > Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 09:14:28 -0700
> > From: rkg at teleport.com
> > To: shop-talk at autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Wifi to the garage
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > +1 on the wap/antenna - I built some of these and they helped a lot:
> >
> > http://www.freeantennas.com/projects/template2/
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > rkg
> > (Richard George)
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