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DEI37 · 04-11-2006, 07:40 PM

Yeah, I found out about the V5 WRT54G not being a Linux box a couple days too late. I need to keep this cheap, for sure. I think I want to try bigger antenna on the router, as what is on there now is what was on it out of the box. I can get a good signal on the back porch, but to get through a couple walls, go the 80 feet outside, then through another wall to get in to the garage is just too much. I get a usable (12-24Mbps) signal outside the garage door, and on a good night, with all the doors open, I can get a little something in there. I figure that if I have an access point on the back porch, the garage should be in range of that. I don't care about the neighbors...the network is secure, and they have their own, mostly. I've had people TRY to get in to this...and they can't. I don't know what I've done to get it that way, but it is.

BTW, the back porch thing is the bit about it being outside. I'm sitting there now, and have a full 54Mbps signal, 69% signal/49% quality, according to the Linksys software for the NIC.

Thanks for your help...I've seen a couple on Newegg for not a lot of money. May just have to try it. But, still...how would one go about setting something like this up?

04-11-2006, 07:40 PM	#5 (permalink)
DEI37 Go faster! Location: Wisconsin	Yeah, I found out about the V5 WRT54G not being a Linux box a couple days too late. I need to keep this cheap, for sure. I think I want to try bigger antenna on the router, as what is on there now is what was on it out of the box. I can get a good signal on the back porch, but to get through a couple walls, go the 80 feet outside, then through another wall to get in to the garage is just too much. I get a usable (12-24Mbps) signal outside the garage door, and on a good night, with all the doors open, I can get a little something in there. I figure that if I have an access point on the back porch, the garage should be in range of that. I don't care about the neighbors...the network is secure, and they have their own, mostly. I've had people TRY to get in to this...and they can't. I don't know what I've done to get it that way, but it is. BTW, the back porch thing is the bit about it being outside. I'm sitting there now, and have a full 54Mbps signal, 69% signal/49% quality, according to the Linksys software for the NIC. Thanks for your help...I've seen a couple on Newegg for not a lot of money. May just have to try it. But, still...how would one go about setting something like this up? __________________ Generally speaking, if you were to get what you really deserve, you might be unpleasantly surprised.