WiFi Repeater?

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I managed to pick up an unprotected WiFi access point at the new place I've moved onto (left open my someone probably living nearby). However the signal is only picked up at 1 spot in the house. I've tried the wireless bridge function with my belkin wireless router but no joy, is there a piece of equipment which I can use to "repeat" the signal?

At the moment I've used my laptop as a repeater, used wireless ICS so that my downstairs PCs can use internet, but it's very slow......coz the originating signal is weak (due to distance).

 

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Not clear quite what you have tried. You can't go into bridge mode normaly unless 1) each end of the bridge is from the same manuf, and 2) both ends are in bridge mode. There are some units, like the Asus 330, that are capable of running a network behind what appears to be a normal station, but most units won't do this.

And because it is a weak signal the speed *will* be slow - not much you can do about that.

D-Link do repeaters - but I've only got them to work with D-Link APs.

Finaly - you need to consider any legal problems from leaching someone else's network!

Harry.

 

It's a Belkin adsl router which is left unprotected, there are no passwords on the configuation page, and I am the 51st person on their DHCP Client list
apparently a lot of people are using it, that's why it's slow....

 

I found an unsecured wireless network when I stayed at a static caravan park in the Lake District at Easter. Turns out it was the manager of the parks access point, so I knocked on his door the next day, told him about it, then secured it for him.

 

The morals/ethics and legality of this practice has been well documented on various sites and forums in the past. From what I have read, I have come to the conclusion, that it's simply not cricket to do this

 

I dunno where the signal originates from, but if I do, I would have asked if they wanted me to secure if for them, and ask them to allow me access in return......