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Monday, February 21, 2005
DIY WiFi Antenna
I saw this article on HackADay yesterday and decided to give it a try. It is a really simple WiFi antenna that can be made out of some scrap cardboard and aluminun foil.
I have a 802.11g wireless router in my office in the basement. The one wireless client in the house is upstairs, so the signal strength isn't the greatest.
After printing out the template, cutting out some cardboard and gluing on some foil, I was able to take my wireless signal from "good" to "very good." I am going to tweak the positioning of the antenna and place another one on the antenna of the wireless NIC card to see if I can push the signal strength higher.
The antenna isn't the best-looking thing in the world; however, my router is in the basement where no one, except me, will ever see it.
Here are some photos of each step:
Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 (shown above)
I saw this article on HackADay yesterday and decided to give it a try. It is a really simple WiFi antenna that can be made out of some scrap cardboard and aluminun foil.
I have a 802.11g wireless router in my office in the basement. The one wireless client in the house is upstairs, so the signal strength isn't the greatest.
After printing out the template, cutting out some cardboard and gluing on some foil, I was able to take my wireless signal from "good" to "very good." I am going to tweak the positioning of the antenna and place another one on the antenna of the wireless NIC card to see if I can push the signal strength higher.
The antenna isn't the best-looking thing in the world; however, my router is in the basement where no one, except me, will ever see it.
Here are some photos of each step:
Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 (shown above)
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