From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ROd4B-0006Na-Vo for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:25:52 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3226E21C021; Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:25:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out1.iinet.net.au (outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out1.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.106]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7044421C021 for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:24:42 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AlwpAKtOvE46B/ST/2dsb2JhbABEhH2VaQ+PN4EFgXIBAQUjBGILDQsCAiYCAlc0rkORdIEwhziBFgSIDZFTH4wr X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.69,490,1315152000"; d="scan'208";a="817384307" Received: from unknown (HELO moriah.localdomain) ([58.7.244.147]) by outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out1.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 11 Nov 2011 06:24:40 +0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id A87C55A72 for ; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 06:24:40 +0800 (WST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at lan.localdomain Received: from moriah.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (moriah.lan.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 9CBtjffTVk+w for ; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 06:24:38 +0800 (WST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FEAF2EE6 for ; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 06:24:38 +0800 (WST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo as wlan-repeater... From: William Kenworthy To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <4EBBF77D.1050900@reinemuth.info> References: <4EBB8C4E.1010308@reinemuth.info> <4EBBF77D.1050900@reinemuth.info> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 06:24:37 +0800 Message-ID: <1320963877.11374.12.camel@moriah> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.32.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: f41f1fa8-829f-43f5-9ea9-b7226bdb59f3 X-Archives-Hash: 3e39d5d3c59bed06668f21351d18621b On Thu, 2011-11-10 at 17:10 +0100, Jens Reinemuth wrote: > On 10.11.2011 16:48, James wrote: > > Jens Reinemuth reinemuth.info> writes: > > > > > >> i currently live in an appartment that has a very lousy > >> wlan-access-point for the people. > > [...] > > Hi... > > all you mentioned is really true... i don't care really much for the > security as i don't provide the AP, i just want to connect to it ;-) problem->low signal->solution:bigger antenna, directional antenna, antenna on the end of a cable, ... google home made 802.11 antenna for some cheap and usable ideas. BillK