[dorkbotdc-blabber] dear lazy web... wifi repeaters

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I've had no issues at 83% or 67%. I've never cranked it up to 100%.

M@

On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Alberto Gaitán
<alberto.gaitan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Matt, no issues with overdriving the gain?
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> Jason, in bridge mode, the WT54G automatically joins a random access point,
> or do I set it to a specific one?
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> On 6/25/08 10:55 AM, M@ wrote:
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>> I have a WRT54GL and I was having signal strength issues at home. I
>> ended up upgrading the firmware to unlock the antenna strength option.
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>> The firmware I am currently running is:
>> Firmware Version: v4.71.1, Hyperwrt 2.1b1 + Thibor15c
>>
>> M@
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>> On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 10:47 AM, Jason Schlauch
>> <jason.schlauch at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 10:10 AM, Alberto Gaitán
>>> <alberto.gaitan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> If I want to travel to a wifi-spotty area and want to increase my
>>>> chances of
>>>> being able to connect to open hotspots, can I buy a wifi repeater and
>>>> automatically pair it to an (possibly weak) open accesspoint?
>>>
>>> If you hack a Linksys WRT54G with the dd-wrt firmware you can
>>> configure it to work in a "bridged" mode where your laptop connects to
>>> the WRT54G (either wirelessly or via ethernet) and the WRT54G connects
>>> to a remote access point.
>>>
>>> This allows you some latitude for hacking the hardware since you'll
>>> probably be more willing to accept the risks associated with trashing
>>> the WRT54G than you would your laptop.
>>>
>>> There are lots of WRT54G antenna hacks out there.  Google it.
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