[NBLUG/talk] Trying to pick up a WiFi signal

Jordan Erickson jerickson at logicalnetworking.net
Sun Jan 25 18:52:56 PST 2015


I second the Pringles antenna idea. Good exercise, useful outcome.

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-make-a-wifi-antenna-out-of-a-pringles-can-nb/

On 01/25/2015 06:23 PM, jezra wrote:
> Do you have direct line of sight with the hotspot hardware? 
> Do you enjoy the taste of Pringles? 
>
> On Mon, 26 Jan 2015 01:47:37 +0000
> Zack Gold <zg at nblug.org> wrote:
>
>> Hello NBLUGers,
>>
>> My university doesn't provide WiFi or Ethernet access to my apartment.
>> They expect us to pay Time Warner Cable for Cable Internet, then they
>> reimburse us for the semester, which equates to about 5 Mbps.
>>
>> I am not very far from campus -- about 200 feet from the nearest
>> hotspot. Would it be possible to pick up the signal using an
>> antenna?  It would have to: a) be undetectable (I don't want ITS
>> knocking on my door), b) fast (I want to beat 5 Mbps), and, most
>> importantly, c) resistant to freezing cold environments (the weather
>> in Rochester is AWFUL -- I'm moving to California when I graduate).
>>
>> Please advise, and thank you.
>> Zack
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