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Homebrew Directional Wi-Fi Antenna
Soup strainer + hot glue + Netgear WG111T = homebrew directional Wi-Fi antenna. I've added instructions in the image Notes above, should you want to make one yourself...
Here's the deal. The USB Wi-Fi adapter here kept going out. So, I thought it might be interference. This was one of my steps in the problem solving, thinking a nearby microwave might have been a source of interference. (There seemed to be a collation at the time.) Turns out the Netgear WG111T is just junk, and a Linksys PCI Wi-Fi NIC fixed it for good in the end.
I did get a decent increase in signal strength, while the adapter actually worked though. I swapped the Netgear for another USB/Wi-Fi adapter I happened to have and was getting around a 7db gain. Not bad for a $1.50 soup strainer.
Homebrew Directional Wi-Fi Antenna
Soup strainer + hot glue + Netgear WG111T = homebrew directional Wi-Fi antenna. I've added instructions in the image Notes above, should you want to make one yourself...
Here's the deal. The USB Wi-Fi adapter here kept going out. So, I thought it might be interference. This was one of my steps in the problem solving, thinking a nearby microwave might have been a source of interference. (There seemed to be a collation at the time.) Turns out the Netgear WG111T is just junk, and a Linksys PCI Wi-Fi NIC fixed it for good in the end.
I did get a decent increase in signal strength, while the adapter actually worked though. I swapped the Netgear for another USB/Wi-Fi adapter I happened to have and was getting around a 7db gain. Not bad for a $1.50 soup strainer.