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Prosafe 802.11g WAP
I have been told that I can use a Netgear Prosafe 802.11g WAP as a signal booster. Basically the problem is that my client lives in an old three story house. Their wireless router is situated on the m...
Well, if you can't get a wired connection (HomePlug, Ethernet etc) between the floors you'll have to go wireless. I assume that you're referring to the WG102 as "802.11 WAP". Basically you got two options:
(a) Wireless Repeating
or
(b) Directional antennas
Repeating has performance drawbacks and the WG102 since bandwidth is used for both client transmission and repeating (more or less cut in half)... see page 4-7 in ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/wg102_ref_manual_5_0_0.pdf
This also requires your main router/AP to support repeating with the WG102
Using high-gain directional antennas you can add one or two extra APs on the middle floor (same as the router and use a wired connection) and replace the omnidirectional antenna with a directional antenna that boosts signal through the floor or ceiling to the other floors. I'm not sure if Netgear has a suitable antenna for this purpose though.
cheers
/Henrik
(a) Wireless Repeating
or
(b) Directional antennas
Repeating has performance drawbacks and the WG102 since bandwidth is used for both client transmission and repeating (more or less cut in half)... see page 4-7 in ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/wg102_ref_manual_5_0_0.pdf
This also requires your main router/AP to support repeating with the WG102
Using high-gain directional antennas you can add one or two extra APs on the middle floor (same as the router and use a wired connection) and replace the omnidirectional antenna with a directional antenna that boosts signal through the floor or ceiling to the other floors. I'm not sure if Netgear has a suitable antenna for this purpose though.
cheers
/Henrik