How Do You Extend Your Wireless Connection?

Posted by timothy on Thursday March 25, 2010 @11:09AM from the high-quality-tin-can dept.

ganjadude writes "So I am moving to a location where the cell signal is very poor (I don't get signal inside my house), and I have been looking at wireless extenders such as the ones that Sprint and Verizon have. I am brought down by the cost (Sprint charges monthly, Verizon $250 up front, AT&T.... well they are AT&T). Being that this is Slashdot, and a lot of us live in basements (I kid!), I assume that some of the crowd has had this issue in the past. What have you done, or what alternatives are available to someone in such a situation?"

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Extend your wireless by Anonymous Coward · 2010-03-25 11:15 · Score: -1, Offtopic

V1@6ruh cheep.
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DD-WRT by Anonymous Coward · 2010-03-25 12:00 · Score: -1, Offtopic

DD-WRT firmware works great. Using it right now. (dd-wrt.com)
Re:FRAST PRAST by tomhudson · 2010-03-25 13:57 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Nope - you didn't extend your wireless connection far enough.
For the poster - just get another cheap wireless router and use it as a wireless access point. The dlink 615 works fine and will cost you $50.00
Re:FRAST PRAST by tomhudson · 2010-03-25 20:14 · Score: 0, Offtopic

It's called Voice over IP for a reason ...