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Can I connect a bigger antenna to a repeater?
connected to a cable modem on one end of the second floor. I have a D-Link G repeater halfway down the hall on the second floor. The reception has to take place on the entire first floor. This is a business with the wiring closet at one end of the second floor, so the router cannot be relocated. The signal is weak on the opposite end of the first floor. I want to connect another omnidirectional or unidirectional antenna to the repeater that is halfway down the hall on the second floor. Is this a good idea? Will the antenna help in receiving/retransmitting the signal at the repeater? If so, should it be omni or uni? Any other ideas?
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"Jorabi" <jor***@pobox.com> wrote in message If you use a directional (uni) then you may not pick up your APnews:351Ud.42021$H05.3948@twister.nyroc.rr.com... > I have a D-Link G router with a D-Link 6dB omnidirectional antenna > connected to a cable modem on one end of the second floor. I have > a D-Link G repeater halfway down the hall on the second floor. > > The reception has to take place on the entire first floor. This is > a business with the wiring closet at one end of the second floor, > so the router cannot be relocated. > > The signal is weak on the opposite end of the first floor. I want > to connect another omnidirectional or unidirectional antenna to > the repeater that is halfway down the hall on the second floor. > > Is this a good idea? Will the antenna help in receiving/retransmitting > the signal at the repeater? If so, should it be omni or uni? Any > other ideas? signal (of course depending on which direction your aiming it). If you put to high of a gain antenna it tends to flatten the signal so it may not reach as far down into the second floor. Think of a donut after steppin on it. If the 6 dbi covers the second and first floor good then I see no reason why not putting one on the repeater. It would probably allow you to move it a bit further down the hall. And yes, the gain is for both transmit and recieve. 
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