We live in very rural area & share signal w/neighbor several acres away. Router, etc., is at his house. Will this help our signal strength?
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If you can see a signal now, this will almost certainly improve it. If you can't see his signal at all, this may not help. I have a small shop that is across the road from my house. The total distance is only about 150' but the signal has to pass through 5 walls and a tree line. With my laptop at the door of the shop, I could get a signal strength of 1 bar. With the Alpha plugged into a USB port on the laptop, I can move it to the back of the shop and I still have a signal strength of 4 bars.
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I stay at a RV park in lower Alabama and my spot is several hundred yards from the antenna ath the club house. I could only get 1 bar and sometimes 2 but after I installed the Alpha I get 4 to 5 bars consistently and have good access to the internet. There a lot of campers in the park and when they are all on it slows down but I still have good access.I also tried a much more expensive one and got less signal.
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Yes it will help. I am not sure if it will provide the solution, though. I share internet with my neighbor about 200 feet away and I get good reception. You mention acres, though. It would depend on the distance.
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have had success getting way better reception using the adapter vs. just a computer but have not tested its full range limits,(2 acres difference maybe) but there are several other options available though if it can not reach.
1147100
I too live in a semi rural area, closest neighbor is about 150 yards away, I can get full signal on his wireless router. If you run Linux you can increase the power and it will go even further.
1147101
You can purchase this and an external antenna that you can attach to the outside of your house.
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It depends on the density and material of the wall, but I would say yes about 10 to 20%. If you want extreme signal range you can try an Amped Wireless repeater. Because of these antennae my parents can get a 2 to 3 bar signal outside their house 450 feet away. I installed the amped wireless repeater in their house and their speeds match mine with no real change in dropped packets. Mount your router about 4 foot off the ground, I got a cheap $15 wall shelf at. Walmart. Good luck hope this helps!
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The signal is not encrypted. Your neighbor would need the same receiver in range and on the same channel.
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i have this unit in my pole barn 75' away from router and get an excellent signal. BOB
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A repeater such as this would work, but if you do not require a repeater to be mounted outside, you're may be overpaying. Thirty feet is not a great distance for a wifi router. Perhaps locating the router higher in your brothers house would be helpful in increasing the signal strength to yours. This Hawking exterior repeater is very good, but is meant to be used outdoors and you pay for that feature.
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I'm using mine with a new Linksys AC router. I wouldn't count on across the street. Just took my Ipad outside and got to the middle of the street where I lost the signal. Depends on how many walls the signal has to go thru. As far as inside the house, it amplifies the signal wonderfully. I get great streaming on my laptop and on my TV, especially on the 5GHz channel. Much better than the el cheapo Netgear range extender I replaced.
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It depends on distance between house and garage. It needs a signal to work.
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No it would not work due to the fact that each house has its own breaker, and essentially its own "closed" circuit. Because they are two separate circuits and systems they cannot interact with eachother using this. If you wanted to allow your neighbor to use your internet, then I suggest picking up a few routers, placing one in your house at the closest point to his, and one in his at the closest point to yours. After that set the one in his house as a repeater for the wifi frequency from yours, and his house should be covered for the most part.
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We have Wolverines within 8' of our incoming internet signal and wireless router. We've never had any interference. Rusty Allen
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In my experience it isn't any different from most other routers - decent signal at 50-70 feet. Beyond that it goes down. You might want to think about a Powerline network to get high bandwidth to the farther parts of your home. An example would be Linksys Powerline AV Wireless Network Extender (PLWK400)
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Yes.....I already did it. It is just the way I'm using it. I configured it to repeat the signal of another router, via LAN cable, and it was the only way to have signal in the other side of my house. The I did the same thing with a $15 NEXXT router and I think it results with better signal. The main router is a Linksys-G 2.4 GHz.....this is the best of all. Thanks for your att.
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It works good for us and we live in a very rural setting. Without it being outdoors we still pick up signal. I would suggest you purchase it.
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Really, these repeaters work best if they are halfway between the original wireless router/access-point and the client device.If you put it in the workshop, it may not pick up the router any better than your PC.If you put it in your house, it may not be any stronger than the original router.My 2c would be to install it in/very close to a window facing your workshop.That way, it will hve a strong signal from the router, and will present the best possible signal toward the workshop.
200547
I say yes under the following scenario. If at the closest point to your neighbors house you are getting 40/50 signal strength chances are pretty good you can extend the signal much farther into yours. While true the initial set-up needs to be near 100 signal strength, however after that the unit can be moved to optimize the range of the signal. Netgear has a really great app called the Netgear Genie exactly for that purpose. Any yes, your neighbor will need to let you come over to set the unit up. Good Luck.
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I suggest only using this for a router to boost outgoing signal. It's size cannot help any more in increasing incoming signal then a normal 9dbi antenna can bring in due to the power it can use to receive signal. Connected to a router it can put out very good signal when pointed in the right direction. As per what Javier said, it is best used outside. Mine came wrapped fairly well, only one minor scratch and it was in good working condition.Sorry I couldn't help with this sooner but I only noticed the email notification for this subject today.
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I was able to get a signal to my desktop computer out in the garage, which is detached from my house. the wireless router was probably 75 feet from the garage and through a few walls. signal was medium, not great not terrible. if you can get one of the antennas outside, it would greatly improve the chance of a good signal. no promises. Good luck.
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We bought this and it did not do too much for boosting our WiFi signal. We just may have an older house. We removed it and didn't notice a difference.