Re: Modems & Wifi

From	"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	aus.computers
Subject	Re: Modems & Wifi
Date	2016-02-16 16:02 +1100
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"Petzl" <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> On Tue, 16 Feb 2016 13:10:47 +1100, "Rod Speed"
> <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>>>
>>>>Tried a "tinfoil hat"
>>>>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2007/09/boost_your_wireless_signal_wit/
>>>
>>> Forgot the site with template Rod might want this also (instead of
>>> putting WiFi in bucket to waterproof for leeching neighbours)?
>>> http://freeantennas.com/
>>> Ez-12 Parabolic Reflector Template
>>> http://freeantennas.com/projects/template2/index.html
>>> The video on how to (you need cardboard, tinfoil, paper, glue (stick
>>> type is easiest)
>>> https://youtu.be/sUTT8wdN_VA
>>
>>That yagi on ebay looks interesting at that price.
>>
>>The medion wifi repeater doesn't work all that well at all.
>>Works fine when its working, but keeps dropping the
>>output to close to zero and a power off restart fixes
>>that. The problem is that it can need that a couple of
>>times a day. I should really use one of those ubiquity
>>access points. Just havent got around to deciding
>>which one to go for.

> Read the mannual

Yeah, got that just after I got it thanks.

> regretibly I've noticed ALDI flogging junk latley also!

I did get it refurbished rather than from Aldi itself.
Presumably it always had that intermittent fault
and it got worse over time. Has a pretty rough
life temperature wise under a bucket in the
neighbours backyard. It is under the trees so in the
shade, but the problem was there in the winter too.

> http://www.medion.com/au/service/_lightbox/handbuch_details.php?did=11652

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