Re: 24+ Dbi antenna, does it work?

"BANGBANGMAX" <BANGBANGMAX.2ze6a4@no-mx.wirelessforums.org> wrote in message
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> Hi everyone, i'm new here, i'm from Quebec(canada), so i'm french but i
> can speak english. I do some mistakes so sorry for that...
>
> I live in an appartement(8th floor) and there's a big neighborhood at
> about 600meters of my windows. I know there are some wifi signals in
> this neighborhood and i wanted to buy this antenna to receive some of
> those signals... my question is really simple... does it really work?
> will i be able to have a strong connection with that?
> 'eBay.ca: Wifi 802.11 g Router And Strong Yagi N Type Antenna (item
> 150176202865 end time 02-Nov-07 21:12:10 EDT)'
> (http://tinyurl.com/2puc3y)
>
> And do you think it's going to help if i also buy this:
> 'eBay.ca: Indoor WiFi WLAN Wireless LAN Booster Amplifier Router (item
> 270181444548 end time 03-Nov-07 11:00:00 EDT)'
> (http://tinyurl.com/37275h)
>
> so Thanks everyone !
>

I don't think any reasonable length Yagi will give you +24 dBi - - maybe
around +17 dBi for a 21 element Yagi, but you usually have to go to a dish
to get +24 dBi - - it provides a large capture area.

About the Router, "Booster Amplifier" may be someone's hype since power
output is hard to measure. If you have something to compare it to, then
results will tell if there's any boosting going on. Otherwise, I would
suggest just getting a new Router that you can return if not satisfied.