-Demosthenes- Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 I get a horrible wifi signal in my room. Using an old satellite dish I can get an good signal, but it still goes sometimes. Someone told me about a WDS (I think) system where you can use another router kind of as a repeater for the first. I know that you can use a wireless card to share wifi using ad hoc (something like that). I was wondering if I could make a WDS (or something similar) with a laptop with one wireless card, or if I'd need two, or if it wouldn't work (or too difficult for a noob ). And am I getting the right idea about a WDS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaynos Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 I think you can do it using a *nix system and one wifi card.. http://www.tummy.com/journals/entries/jafo_20041220_000528 Looks hopefull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Demosthenes- Posted December 14, 2006 Author Share Posted December 14, 2006 Does anyone know a way I could have Linux on the WDS machine and windows on the clients? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaynos Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Networks tend to not be os dependent, alot of routers run some type of *nix... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Demosthenes- Posted December 14, 2006 Author Share Posted December 14, 2006 That's what I was thinking, I'll have to experiment some more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaynos Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 That's what I was thinking, I'll have to experiment some more Very often the best way to learn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Demosthenes- Posted December 15, 2006 Author Share Posted December 15, 2006 Truly. I think I'll try wiring the connection to the laptop and making a WDS that way so I can get the idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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