Re: Use PC as a wireless repeater to extend range

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On Aug 15, 5:27 pm, Jeff Liebermann <je...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

But isn't an ad-hoc network configuration an example of clients
talking to clients and not to an access point?

Correct. However, you didn't say anything about either infrastructure
mode or ad-hoc mode. Since infrastructure is far more common, I
assumed that this is what you're doing. If you have an access point
or wireless router, you have an infrastructure mode network. If you
don't, then it's probably ad-hoc.

Is it possible to have
some sort of combination where the access point talks to the machine
on the main level and the machine on the main level talks to the one
in the basement? Just throwing ideas out there.

Well, actually it's possible. It might be worth the effort if you
don't mind a major exercise in software development to save the cost
of a WDS bridge. Some of the mesh networks are essentially
combination client bridges and repeaters. For example, Meraki
<http://meraki.com>
is selling radios that do this. Each client radio repeats the traffic
from other client radios that eventually end up at a central access
point. You could build such a system inside your house, which will
pass traffic between floors and radios. There are also a variety of
open source efforts to do the same thing:
<http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/roofnet/doku.php>
There are a few others, but I can't seem to find them.

It might also be possible to install two wireless cards or devices in
your middle PC, and set them up as some kind of repeater. Offhand, I
don't know how this can be done and really don't want try and
guess(tm) how to do it. Besides, I thought you had a "quick"
question.

For only a single hop, methinks a WDS bridge will be a much simpler
and cheaper solution.

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