Red Scorpion writes – “I have always been frustrated with the performance of my laptop Wi-Fi. I tried many solutions to improve the signal from far away routers, but few of these worked. I’ll cover a solution that I came up with that finally did yield some results for me.” [via] – Link.
Related:
MAKE: Blog: @ DEFCON – New World Record for Wi-Fi Distance: 125 Miles – Link.
HOW TO – Uni-Directional WIFI Range Extender – Link.
8 thoughts on “Homemade Laptop Wi-Fi amplifier (review)”
Malc1961says:
Nice build! I’ve run into similar issues with wifi range. My solution came from a company called enGenius. I’ve used both their mini-PCI (EMP-8602) and USB (EUB-362) solutions. They perform very well.
Malc1961says:
Nice build! I’ve run into similar issues with wifi range. My solution came from a company called enGenius. I’ve used both their mini-PCI (EMP-8602) and USB (EUB-362) solutions. They perform very well.
kryten007says:
It almost doesn’t matter if it even works–it looks so cool! Looks like something right out of a big-budget hacker movie :)
matthew_kleinmannsays:
Too bad the amplifier was pre canned. I though this was going to be someone who built a wi-fi amp.
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Nice build! I’ve run into similar issues with wifi range. My solution came from a company called enGenius. I’ve used both their mini-PCI (EMP-8602) and USB (EUB-362) solutions. They perform very well.
Nice build! I’ve run into similar issues with wifi range. My solution came from a company called enGenius. I’ve used both their mini-PCI (EMP-8602) and USB (EUB-362) solutions. They perform very well.
It almost doesn’t matter if it even works–it looks so cool! Looks like something right out of a big-budget hacker movie :)
Too bad the amplifier was pre canned. I though this was going to be someone who built a wi-fi amp.