[X-Newbies] Wi-fi range extenders

[Al Poulin]

  On Jan 17, 2007, at 7:31 PM, W Lane wrote:

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> On 07-Jan-17, at 5:10 PM, Mark Taintor wrote:
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>> Do any of you have experience with wi-fi antennas/range extenders? My 
>> son is living in a house with no internet access and is not able to 
>> "borrow" any neighbor's access. He's wondering if adding something to 
>> his Macbook would help. Leaving aside the moral issues of doing this, 
>> do these things work?
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> Only from the sending end. I'm not aware of anything that will pull in 
> more networks, at least, not cost effectively.
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>> Any recommendations?
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> Someone needs to get online 'inhouse'

And the neighbor needs to secure his bandwidth.  Now you have the 
leverage to encourage the boy to set his thinking straight.  You might 
also explain that some folks consider borrowing bandwidth from the 
neighbor the same as stealing.  One analogy, a neighbor could borrow or 
siphon gasoline in small quantities.  The victim does not notice that 
his mileage goes down.

Al Poulin