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Old 09-06-2007, 12:53 PM
dold@47.usenet.us.com
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Scooby1928 <Scooby1928.2whguv@no-mx.wirelessforums.org> wrote:
> My boss has a Draytek 2800g wireless router set up in an office at this
> house, but the signal is not so good if he chooses to work elsewhere in
> the house. He has asked me to set up a 2nd wireless router (again a
> Draytek 2800g) in another position so rectify this problem.


If he has any signal, a different antenna, or a reflector, on the one
router might give good signal throughout the house.

http://www.freeantennas.com EZ-12.
Any directional antenna would be good. A higher gain omni antenna than
stock might be okay, but directional is usually better.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley Lake, CA, USA GPS: 38.8,-122.5

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Old 09-06-2007, 01:36 PM
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Default Re: 2 Routers

You can't have two routers actively competing for control. Perhaps if you
used the 2nd router as an AP it might work.

<dold@47.usenet.us.com> wrote in message news:fbot7c$ibe$3@blue.rahul.net...
> Scooby1928 <Scooby1928.2whguv@no-mx.wirelessforums.org> wrote:
>> My boss has a Draytek 2800g wireless router set up in an office at this
>> house, but the signal is not so good if he chooses to work elsewhere in
>> the house. He has asked me to set up a 2nd wireless router (again a
>> Draytek 2800g) in another position so rectify this problem.

>
> If he has any signal, a different antenna, or a reflector, on the one
> router might give good signal throughout the house.
>
> http://www.freeantennas.com EZ-12.
> Any directional antenna would be good. A higher gain omni antenna than
> stock might be okay, but directional is usually better.
>
> --
> Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley Lake, CA, USA GPS: 38.8,-122.5




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