This is a 6 foot yagi type setup that i use in conjunction with my router to make sure I have full signal anywhere on my property. The second one is inside my house, and also for the most part stationary although its small and mobile if i would ever need to take it, that recieves the signals from all my wireless devices and keeps them linked into my home monitoring and entertainment systems. This is a dish type antenna that i made from an old Dish Network Satellite by modifying the pickup attached to the end of the arm and connecting it to a wifi antenna connector on my computer. One for my house mounted outside that stays stationary and gives me connection options to AP's all around the nighborhood. ![]() I personally have 3 homemade units that I actively use at any given time. For this reason, some people like myself often have more than one type of wifi antenna on hand. For instance, the parabolic (dish type) antennas generally get the best reception signal out of the group, but they're pretty much completely stationary because of their size, shape, and overall awkwardness if moved from their mounting position. There is no one "BEST" style of antenna since different designs and materials each have their own strengths and weaknesses in one area or another. Actually there are more than a dozen different varieties popular enough to mention here and I'll go into several of the most common types and what their uses are in this section. Some of you probably already know that there isn't just one kind of antenna out there. Most of you can probably see why this would come in very handy at times. This article is meant to be about the second type so that you can use a (sometimes portable) antenna to access far away networks, or even networks while you're in a vehicle or business and not at your normal connection spot. ![]() The difference is that one is talking about boosting your home network signal (putting antennas at both ends of the connection) and another is talking about boosting your reception ability (antenna only on the computer end of the connection NOT the router). The math, physics, and signal analysis equations that are used in one article about boosting wifi signal can be (and often is) completely and totaly different than the ones used in another article talking about the exact same subject. When talking about this subject and doing research on the technical details you are going to have to keep something in mind. I want to be clear about the scope of this article before we dive in. The first half is about the history, specifications and tools/software that is used to build the different kinds of antennas that you may find from the cheapest "Cantenna" from a pringles can to the huge parabolic dish recievers you see on buildings.įor those of you who prefer to skip to the second part which is the step by step guide to building an antenna, you can use ctl+f and search for one of the chapters to skip there automatically.Ī300 - List of helpfull websites and tools For example, I'll show you step by step how I built one for the purposes of this tutorial using nothing but pieces of random stuff I gathered from my house and garage and didn't have to spend anything at all. The techniques, parts, and tools required for this are for the most part stuff that most of you will already have handy in a drawer or stuck in a closet somewhere. ![]() In this article I'll (hopefully) be able to help some of you be able to build a homemade device that you can connect to your laptop or desktop and greatly improve your computers ability to recieve a wifi signal.
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