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Extreme Range Wi-Fi Router Reaches a Quarter Mile
Posted by Jason Chen at 8:40 AM on November 14, 2007
By boosting its output to 30dBm (the maximum limited allowed by the FCC), this Extreme Range Wi-Fi router can allow you to get online wirelessly at up to a quarter-mile away from the base station.
Other features include 802.11b/g, WEP, WPA2, WPA-Enterprise and wireless repeater support. That last bit is important because you can actually keep using your newer, fancier router, but just use this Extreme Range Wi-Fi when you need to head down the road to berate your neighbours for keeping you up at night. Then again, $284 may be too high of a price for this when you can just buy a bunch of cheap repeaters and accomplish the same thing. [ThinkGeek via Random Good Stuff]
Comments (AU Comments · US Comments)
adamnfish
Posted November 14, 2007 6:47 PM
That woman in England that can sense wi-fi transmissions is going to have to move to Antarctica...
scoobydoo
Posted 5:05 PM 13/11/07
$284?
Buy a $30 Buffalo and put DD-WRT on it. Same result.
scoobydoo
schrosa
Posted 4:50 PM 13/11/07
Finally, a reason to implement security at my house.
schrosa
oldsmobuick
Posted 8:19 PM 13/11/07
DD-WRT goes up to 250dbm, up from the default of 20dbm(!). but even juiced up to 250, i'd say a quarter mile is a ridiculous stretch, even unobstructed.
oldsmobuick
phantam
Posted 10:21 PM 13/11/07
umm you do realise your not using the right metrics right OLDSMOBUICK?
DD-wrt allows for 250MW milliwatts not DBM.. the actual conversion from dBm to mw is a bit tricky but if you search google youll find it
THIS ROUTER IS 30dBm which equates to 1,000mW or 1 full watt of power.
That means this router is outputting 4x as much power as even a maxed out DD-WRT box, and the issue with dd-wrt at about 150mW in many of the hardware that it works with is that the overclocking tends to add quit a bit of noise into the signal. With a radio like this one specifically tuned for 1W that shouldn't be an issue.
As a note to both commentors above me you really should double check your numbers before saying that a product isn't worthy of its price.
phantam
banmojo
Posted 1:42 AM 14/11/07
Ahh, just the thing for filthy rich filthies who live in mansions and like to surf the net from horseback
banmojo
bigtimes
Posted 1:30 AM 14/11/07
How does your wireless card talk to the router? Is that what the wireless repeater is for? Someone explain this in more detail.
bigtimes
The-Spectre
Posted 8:28 AM 14/11/07
I would assume this to be useless unless your network card was also hoss like this. If your PC/device can receive a signal but doesn't have enough power to send one back what is the point?
The-Spectre
Ron-Mexico
Posted 11:11 AM 14/11/07
Hopefully one of my neighbors will pick this up real soon.
Ron-Mexico
jkr
Posted 3:15 PM 14/11/07
just buy/build a big ass antenna. It not only increases the power output, but also the sensitivity to incoming radio ie, your laptop card.
jkr