LG Wireless Phone

Your opinion/experience on stock "long range" wifi?

Ok, I'm using trial-and-error to adjust my wifi for maximum range possible...with ALL STOCK "home" grade router, firmware, and omnidirectional antenna (belkin if you care)...and one repeater with a 7db gain omni antenna. I'm adjusting the position (location), B+G / B-Only mode, and placing the repeater at a window (aluminum window screen removed). I'm in a rural area so I'm sticking with channel 11 - there's nothing else to interfere really (no other networks and the phones are 900MHz/5.8GHz...no other 2.4GHz equipment I know of) so I don't see reason to change it. My hope is to shoot about 400-700 feet out the window, *maybe* through one tree without outdoor or modified equipment on the router, repeater, or laptop. So, I'm wondering what others' experiences are? What do you think the best mix is? Both real-world-experience and theoretical answers are fine...

Public Comments

1. Well, I have been able to get about 200 foot with a belkin and its antennas but always below others. Adding a really good 13 dbi antenna got me to 300 (wow)! I don't know but I suspect that the power transmitted is under 30mw with that unit. With 400-700 foot outdoors I have used ZyXel units (usually with 200mw power) and decent (not rubber duck) omni antennas and usually within that range trees don't bother it unless they are really thick! So change gear. Check out Names like ZyXel , Engenius http://www.wirelessnetworkproducts.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1874, Bountiful http://www.wirelessnetworkproducts.com/index.asp?PageAction=MFGSEARCH&ManfID=1136 and others you don't normally see at the local Five and Dime! They will cover it, they will work! They really aren't that much more (some are less) than the normal off the wall stuff! Just a free 2c worth