[Wirelessdriver-support] Antenna far from the card-Advice anybody?

[Moshe M. F. <fel...@ho...>]

Hi,
Here is the problem:

I live in the building with no Internet.  From a stairway window there is 
straight line of sight (partially obstructed by trees) to a building with 8 
hotspots.  The distance from that WINDOW to my room is 55 feet.

I have Apple Powerbook G4 with additional PC wireless card (EnGenues 200mW) 
and directional Yagi antenna (12 db).
From the window I have good/ decent connection with 4-6 hotspots, from my 
room with 2 but signal is VERY weak (unusable).

Running 55 foot cable will result in unacceptable loss of signal ( 3.4 db 
for cable plus who knows how much for two N connectors).

Would be nice to find a receiver of some kind,to place it on the window, and 
to run ethernet cable to my room.
My understanding is that using an access point as a client  is impossible, 
as it would require to reprogram the "base station" access points, which I 
don't have access to.

I tried to use repeaters, (lynksis, D-link, NetGear) But each one works only 
with the same brand. But I need something compatible to any access point, as 
signals from the hot spots change, people can move, set up access 
restrictions etc.

Antenna amplifiers I could find are very expensive (over $300).
I am on a limited budget.

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated
Thank you very much

Moshe

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