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billhuntersemail(at)gmail
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Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 10:20 am Post subject: WIFI Cable And Antenna

Greetings,Â 

I have a Wi-Fi router in my hanger and it works throughout the hangar however outside it is a bit limited and I can only imagine that it is because of the steel walls.Â 



What I would like to do is to get a coaxial cable and run it from the second antenna jack of the router and run the cable to the outside of the building and install a router antenna.

Another option would be to buy a Wi-Fi extender (relay) but I would still have to figure out how to mount one of the antenna outside.

First question is does anybody know what the heck I'm talking about... and the second question would be if you do know what the heck I'm talking about can you be so kind as to tell me how to do what I am talking about ...

THANKS!!!Â

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nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelect
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Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 7:01 am Post subject: WIFI Cable And Antenna

At 01:19 PM 10/21/2021, you wrote:

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		  Greetings,Â 



 I have a Wi-Fi router in my hanger and it works throughout the hangar

 however outside it is a bit limited and I can only imagine that it

 is because of the steel walls. 	


    agreed

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 What I would like to do is to get a coaxial cable and run it from the second

 antenna jack of the router and run the cable to the outside of the building

 and install a router antenna. 	


    Here's a cheap experiment with a high order

    probability for success:



  https://tinyurl.com/4jffpbd3



    There are numerous examples of this type of

    antenna. Magnet mount(I presume you have

    steel roof too). 



    5' cable built in. Note connector style.

    There are 4 variations on a theme for

    SMA connectors. It's likely that this antenna

    will mate with one of the jacks on your router

    but not a 100% bet. You might search around

    eBay for one that DOES mate . . . or get an

    adapter.



    This is not a free lunch endeavor. Energy

    that USED to circulate around the interior

    will be approximately halved. One half

    being conducted outside. Radiation patterns

    are a toss up too. But the outside

    performance WILL be improved.



 

   Bob . . .



   Un impeachable logic: George Carlin asked, "If black boxes

   survive crashes, why don't they make the whole airplane

   out of that stuff?"

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allanychong(at)gmail.com
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Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 7:32 am Post subject: WIFI Cable And Antenna

It's a lot easier to run an Ethernet cable outside than getting the right coax cable and crimp ends for the antennae.Â  Â 



You can locate another wifi access point outside.Â  Just make sure to get one that is outdoor rated or put it under the eaves

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nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelect
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Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 11:24 am Post subject: WIFI Cable And Antenna

At 10:31 AM 10/22/2021, you wrote:

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		  It's a lot easier to run an Ethernet cable outside than getting the right coax cable and crimp ends for the antennae.Â  Â 



 You can locate another wifi access point outside.Â  Just make sure to get one that is outdoor rated or put it under the eaves 	


   Finding one that stands up to the outdoor

   elements is problematic. You usually have

   to settle for a plain vanilla device and

   put it in an rf transparent enclosure (wood

   or plastic) with perhaps a little fan for

   venting/cooling. Then you need to bring

   both power and cat6 cable out to the router's

   location.



   The antenna cited comes with coax and connector

   already crimped on. There are antennas offered

   with longer cables . . . but tiny cables at those

   frequencies are not friendly to power stream

   swimming to the far end of the cable.



  



 

 

   Bob . . .



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   survive crashes, why don't they make the whole airplane

   out of that stuff?"

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