# WiFi antenna range extender **URL:** \ **Category:** Chatting over the Back Fence\ **Created:** [February 13, 2013, 11:09pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/wifi-antenna-range-extender/23627 "2013-02-13T23:09:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 11:09pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/wifi-antenna-range-extender/23627/1 "2013-02-13T23:09:29Z")
I have a smaller remote office that is having a little problem reaching their wifi access point from the far end of the office. The unit has an 802.11n access point. In the past I have heard of replacement antennas that boost the range. It seems like it would be less hassle to just swap out the existing antenna vs setting up some type of repeater. Suggestions? Ken ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 11:52pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/wifi-antenna-range-extender/23627/2 "2013-02-13T23:52:36Z")
> [@](#): > > On Wed 13 Feb 2013 09:09:29 PM CST, KeN Etter wrote: > > I have a smaller remote office that is having a little problem > reaching their wifi access point from the far end of the office. The > unit has an 802.11n access point. In the past I have heard of > replacement antennas that boost the range. It seems like it would be > less hassle to just swap out the existing antenna vs setting up some > type of repeater. Suggestions? > > Ken Hi What model wireless router? Some you can add open source firmware and boost the power, it may even be an option on the existing router… Sure it’s not interference at that end of the office from other wireless devices on the same channel? Is it a dual band router, can you run in the 5.0 spectrum rather that 2.4? – Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 12.2 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.4.28-2.20-desktop up 18:26, 4 users, load average: 0.10, 0.04, 0.05 CPU Intel® i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | GPU Intel® Ironlake Mobile ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/wifi-antenna-range-extender/23627/3 "2013-02-14T00:01:36Z")
On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:52:36 GMT, malcolmlewis [malcolmlewis@no-mx.forums.novell.com](mailto:malcolmlewis@no-mx.forums.novell.com) wrote: [color=blue] > Hi > What model wireless router? Some you can add open source firmware and > boost the power, it may even be an option on the existing router…[/color] small office…I have a Barracuda NG F101 firewall there and I am using the built in WiFi access point. [color=blue] > Sure it’s not interference at that end of the office from other > wireless devices on the same channel? > > Is it a dual band router, can you run in the 5.0 spectrum rather that > 2.4?[/color] I will have to check. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/wifi-antenna-range-extender/23627/4 "2013-02-14T03:08:26Z")
> [@](#): > > On Wed 13 Feb 2013 10:01:36 PM CST, KeN Etter wrote: > > On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:52:36 GMT, malcolmlewis > [malcolmlewis@no-mx.forums.novell.com](mailto:malcolmlewis@no-mx.forums.novell.com) wrote: > [color=blue] > > > Hi > > What model wireless router? Some you can add open source firmware and > > boost the power, it may even be an option on the existing router…[/color] > > small office…I have a Barracuda NG F101 firewall there and I am > using the built in WiFi access point. > [color=blue] > > > Sure it’s not interference at that end of the office from other > > wireless devices on the same channel? > > > > Is it a dual band router, can you run in the 5.0 spectrum rather that > > 2.4?[/color] > > I will have to check. Hi So is the distance far to the area of weak signal? Aerial position (as in height and aerial angle) may also make a difference (think of the signal as a donut shape). Is the unit inside a cabinet or on a desktop somewhere? Do you have a tablet or android device with wifi, something like wifi-analyzer is good for a general signal/channel check. – Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 12.2 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.4.28-2.20-desktop up 21:39, 4 users, load average: 0.00, 0.04, 0.05 CPU Intel® i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | GPU Intel® Ironlake Mobile ---
**Author:** ![Paullamontagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paullamontagne](https://forums.suse.com/u/Paullamontagne)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 8:13am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/wifi-antenna-range-extender/23627/5 "2013-02-14T08:13:15Z")
I use Linksys equipment at home…I have a3 story house…i bought one of these Linksys re1000 repeater…it boost the signal and now full covergae in every room in the house [http://support.linksys.com/en-us/support/rangeexpanders/RE1000](http://support.linksys.com/en-us/support/rangeexpanders/RE1000) Paul [color=blue][color=green][color=darkred] > > > [/color][/color] > > > I have a smaller remote office that is having a little problem > > > reaching their wifi access point from the far end of the office. The > > > unit has an 802.11n access point. In the past I have heard of > > > replacement antennas that boost the range. It seems like it would be > > > less hassle to just swap out the existing antenna vs setting up some > > > type of repeater. Suggestions? > > Ken[/color] – Paul ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/wifi-antenna-range-extender/23627/6 "2013-02-14T17:35:12Z")
KeN, Did you change the wireless channel to 11? Mr. Zie ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 6:20pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/wifi-antenna-range-extender/23627/7 "2013-02-14T18:20:11Z")
On Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:35:12 GMT, JayZie [jeromecalderwood@gmail.com](mailto:jeromecalderwood@gmail.com) wrote: [color=blue] > KeN, > > Did you change the wireless channel to 11?[/color] No, what would that do? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/wifi-antenna-range-extender/23627/8 "2013-02-14T18:31:46Z")
KeN Etter, [color=blue][color=green] > > Did you change the wireless channel to 11?[/color] > > No, what would that do? > [/color] I’m guessing this is a Spinal Tap reference. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll7rWiY5obI](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll7rWiY5obI)