boardbreaker Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 hey i have this linksys wireless-g range expander and i wanted to now if there is any way of moding it to make it better i wanted to no if anyone can help me with this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhollyMindless Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 I think we might need more details - like model. Generally expanders are not all that exciting to work with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vector Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 I think we might need more details - like model. Generally expanders are not all that exciting to work with. Agreed. ive tried a couple of these linksys range expanders in the past. basically theyre worthless, and expensive for a worthless piece of hardware. your money would be much better spend on a signal booster for your AP and or your laptop as well as better antenna setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boardbreaker Posted December 30, 2008 Author Share Posted December 30, 2008 i know its a piece of crap but i want to turn it into something useful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boardbreaker Posted December 30, 2008 Author Share Posted December 30, 2008 and here is a link for the specs http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c...FVisitorWrapper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkwolf Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 How are you wanting to make it better? If you want it to have increased range so you can reach further in one direction I would suggest building a biquad antenna and replace the factory one. I haven't been able to build and test one myself but I have read in several places that the biquad will give you up to 12db gain. With that kind of gain you should be able to blast a signal through some walls of your house that you can't currently. They are relatively easy to construct and would be a good make for a good rainy day project, the only potential downside that I can think of is the fact that it is unidirectional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vector Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 How are you wanting to make it better? If you want it to have increased range so you can reach further in one direction I would suggest building a biquad antenna and replace the factory one. I haven't been able to build and test one myself but I have read in several places that the biquad will give you up to 12db gain. With that kind of gain you should be able to blast a signal through some walls of your house that you can't currently. They are relatively easy to construct and would be a good make for a good rainy day project, the only potential downside that I can think of is the fact that it is unidirectional. yeah antennas and signal boosters are teh way to go. and if you dont want to build one you can always get nice parabolic grids for like 40 bucks that will easily give you 24dbi or more gain from places like wlanparts.com i get a lot of shit from them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boardbreaker Posted December 31, 2008 Author Share Posted December 31, 2008 ok i will check it out but is there anything i could do asides from boosting a single Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vector Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 ok i will check it out but is there anything i could do asides from boosting a single if you have some compatible routers laying around check out dd-wrt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkwolf Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I'll ask again what is it you are wanting to do? There's several things you can do to mod/hack it, anything from taking the guts out and putting them in a cool looking case to boosting signal range. In order for someone to help you it might be helpful to have an idea of what your thinking about doing with it. We don't know what you might be thinking so we can't give any real good advice to help with your issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boardbreaker Posted December 31, 2008 Author Share Posted December 31, 2008 its not an issue but is there a way of hacking it to allow it to receive internet packets or maybe something like the fon router Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkwolf Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 its not an issue but is there a way of hacking it to allow it to receive internet packets or maybe something like the fon router Now that we know what it is you're curious about there is sure to be someone who can help you. I personally cannot help because you're request is outside what little I know about modding, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boardbreaker Posted December 31, 2008 Author Share Posted December 31, 2008 ok thanks anyone else know anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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