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PostPosted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 10:20 am    Post subject: WIFI Cable And Antenna Reply with quote

Greetings, 
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. 

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!!! 


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PostPosted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 7:01 am    Post subject: WIFI Cable And Antenna Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 7:32 am    Post subject: WIFI Cable And Antenna Reply with quote

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

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


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PostPosted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 11:24 am    Post subject: WIFI Cable And Antenna Reply with quote

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

You can locate another wifi access point outside. 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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