Thanks Richard. My garage computer is my daughter's old college laptop (maybe
6 years old) with built in wi-fi too, but I recently bought an external
receiver hopping it would solve the problem, so I can definitely put one on
each antenna. I will give it a try and report back.
> Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 09:36:06 -0700
> From: rkg@teleport.com
> To: shop-talk@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Wifi to the garage
>
> Jim,
>
> I have used these little antenna reflectors both ways, though currently
> they are only on the router end since the kid got a laptop with built-in
> wifi.
> The aluminum only goes on the reflector cutout (the rectangular backing).
>
> Best,
>
> rkg
> (Richard George)
>
> On 7/6/2011 9:22 AM, Jim Stone wrote:
> >
> > I am dealing with the exact same issue as Bob. The signal to my
> > garage, which is only a couple of hundred feet from the wireless
> > router, comes and goes. Besides general surfing to find the answers
> > to car-related questions, I frequently listen to Pandora in the garage
> > (great internet radio station, if you have never tried it) and it will
> > work fine for minutes to hours, then quit because the signal isnt
> > strong enough.I am hoping something like Richard's Parabolic Reflector
> > will help.
> >
> > Richard: I have two questions for you:first, do you put one of these
> > on both the router and the receiver? And second, does the foil go on
> > both cutouts or just the rectangular backing?
> >
> > I will report back on how everything worked.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > > Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 09:14:28 -0700
> > > From: rkg@teleport.com
> > > To: shop-talk@autox.team.net
> > > Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Wifi to the garage
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > +1 on the wap/antenna - I built some of these and they helped a lot:
> > >
> > > http://www.freeantennas.com/projects/template2/
> > >
> > > Best,
> > >
> > > rkg
> > > (Richard George)
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