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by **Codar** on Fri Mar 10, 2006 7:01 pm

can anybody tell me the range that wifi 802.11g covers in miles. if it is a small range can i use aerial to boost the range

by **zogo** on Fri Mar 10, 2006 7:24 pm

it depends on the power output of the transmitter.

by **Starmax** on Fri Mar 10, 2006 7:41 pm

Im not sure if this will help you're question at all but the laptop I use,is on wifi,,and I was told that I had to be within 100 ft of my wireless setup or what they refere to as a HotSpot......

That's as much as I know about the range..

by **Codar** on Fri Mar 10, 2006 8:05 pm

so say if i had 100 feet range could i boost the range with a cantenna or some sort of antenna to a 1 mile or above

by **zogo** on Sat Mar 11, 2006 2:56 am

I don't think you can reach a mile with a home wifi router. You can try.

by **Starmax** on Sat Mar 11, 2006 5:23 am

no I dont think so,If i take my laptop from away from my router i have to use the hotspots around the city but Im subscribed to that...

Otherwise i dont think you can....

by **ravenhair** on Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:56 am

Miles ! not as designed,

Yes you can build antenna's that will get you where you want to be. It's not simple and you'll have to have a pint to point connection.

Check out Orielly's wireless hacks.

here's a website to get you started:
http://www.turnpoint.net/wireless/cantennahowto.html

by **mobes** on Fri Mar 31, 2006 6:26 am

It depends on the type of wireless card you have. They all have different transmit powers. I think on average most g cards can go a few hundred feet but nowhere near mile without an external antenna. The world record for wireless b was 120 something miles but with a large ass antenna.

by **darkange** on Thu Apr 13, 2006 3:00 am

Codar wrote:can anybody tell me the range that wifi 802.11g covers in miles. if it is a small range can i use aerial to boost the range

by **Will** on Thu Apr 13, 2006 3:28 am

darkange wrote:
Codar wrote:can anybody tell me the range that wifi 802.11g covers in miles. if it is a small range can i use aerial to boost the range

And darkange?

by **pugrit** on Thu Apr 13, 2006 3:38 am

check this one.

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depends if some of your country's telco offer this service.

by **scarface** on Sat Apr 15, 2006 3:09 am

also u can try linksys range expander that would help ya to improve the signal Cool

by **najum** on Sat Apr 15, 2006 10:32 am

WiFi 802.11b/g 2.4GHz is designed for 400 feet without interference, u can connect an additional antena & extend the range but again if u are putting an antena u have to have a cable from your router/AP to the antena and then u can have 400 feet from there.

802.11a is on the other hand is different, it runs on 5GHz frequency and is way more stable. It has 500 feet range.

802.11n is a coming technology, I have heard that they are trying to make it upto 1 Kilometre but lets see what happens when it comes, BTW it will provide 200mbps speed, unlike 802.11g that provides 54mbps.

by **sigchld** on Sat Apr 22, 2006 8:00 pm

by default its a 100 but if you can spend some extra bucks for a booster antenna it might help. try radioshack? Smile

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