John Innis wrote:
> I disagree with this approach for one specific reason. THe standard
> that allows wireless networks to use repeaters does not support WPA.
> WPA is a newer security protocol that provides much better protection
> than the old WEP.
Interesting point.
If this is important to you then, there are commercially available
antennas that will solve the problem faster than crufting one out of a
pringles can. ;>
Some brands (linksys) have boosters that sit on top of your current
router and apparently boost power. I'm not sure how they do this since
to me I thought the original ones used maximum legal power anyways, but
I know one person who solved his problem this way.
I suspect they are RF only devices that don't interpret or care about
the underlying traffic and encryption.
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Trevor Boicey, P. Eng.
Ottawa, Canada, tboicey@brit.ca
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