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Anyone here ever build a Wifi Antenna???
« on: June 01, 2011, 05:07:21 pm »
This one is pretty easy to do: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Make-A-Wifi-Antenna/
Might have to do it one day so I can browse the web using my uncle's wi fi next door.
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Re: Anyone here ever build a Wifi Antenna???
« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2011, 05:44:44 pm »
I made one with a folgers coffee can.
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Re: Anyone here ever build a Wifi Antenna???
« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2011, 05:53:43 pm »
Did it work fine??
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Re: Anyone here ever build a Wifi Antenna???
« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2011, 08:37:57 pm »
I find it amazing that people have enough time and wherewithal to build stuff like that but are too ---smurfing--- lazy to type the additional letters in "some" and "you".
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Re: Anyone here ever build a Wifi Antenna???
« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2011, 03:02:18 pm »
Quote from: Funnel on June 01, 2011, 05:53:43 pm
Did it work fine??

It did the job.

Problem is there are so many wifi sniffers about its easy to get hijacked.

This is so true in my local area that I have to have vpn enabled as well as my network WPA2 so I don't get hacked.  :o

Get a USB dongle cut a hole in the can - add some blutak.  Hey Presto!
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Re: Anyone here ever build a Wifi Antenna???
« Reply #5 on: June 03, 2011, 11:03:44 am »
Quote from: Funnel on June 01, 2011, 05:53:43 pm
Did it work fine??

Not until he got the crystals correct.
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Re: Anyone here ever build a Wifi Antenna???
« Reply #6 on: June 04, 2011, 04:26:13 am »
Quote from: ChadTower on June 03, 2011, 11:03:44 am
Quote from: Funnel on June 01, 2011, 05:53:43 pm
Did it work fine??

Not until he got the crystals correct.


We've switched ark_ader's wi-fi antenna with a can of folger's crystals.... let's see if he can tell the difference. 
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Re: Anyone here ever build a Wifi Antenna???
« Reply #7 on: June 04, 2011, 08:29:31 am »
The thing I like about antenna in the first link is not only is it functional, but it's also really nice to look at and has a quality feel that makes me confident that it will give many years of service...  :P
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Re: Anyone here ever build a Wifi Antenna???
« Reply #8 on: June 04, 2011, 08:05:26 pm »
I've got a friend who claims he's got a few satellite wifi rigs in his attic, and he uses netstumbler to point them around his area. Says he got 4 of them running, all on open WAPs, and teamed the connections together with a linux box. Claims he gets 40-50mbit overall with it, but there is a slight bit (20-40ms) of added latency.

I'd be interested in setting something like that up myself, though.
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