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Hi, i'm looking to boosting my router's wifi signal in my house so i can get good reception in my garage (~65 feet from the house). I do get reception now, but not fast enough. I did some reading, and found out that i can build some DIY antenna. But then i found out about a powered (amplified) wifi booster that i can buy. My question is if an antenna can compete with a powered amplifier or that there is no way and the amplifier will yield much better results?

Also, what about getting a very high dBi antennas and replace the router's stock ones? I have 2 on my router, should i replace them both? A DIY antenna: the amplifier (): Thanks. I am not sure how you would gain anything from a wifi amplifier. Most routers already transmit at the legal maximum power so if you connected it to the router it would in effect do nothing. If your PC did not transmit at the maximum then I suppose it might help on that end.

Be very careful there are devices you can buy that are not legal look for FCC id numbers to be sure it is a legal device. A home made direction antenna is hard to say. I would just buy a commercial one then you know you really get the rated gain. Most this antenna modification stuff is all old news. You pretty much can't do it anymore. Almost all modern routers use MiMO and other feature that are dependent on the simultaneous use of multiple antennas. If you were to connect something else to one you would in effect remove it from the router.

This would mean that you may be able to let a remote PC connect but your close PC then lose the ability to run the high speed options used by the multi antenna solutions. I would look into using power line networks to extend the network into the garage. The next option is to use a AP place closer to the garage but connected to the main router via ethernet. You could also use a AP that has a built in directional antenna like engenius ENS200 The last resort option would be to place a repeater half way between and live with degradation in speed a repeater causes. 802.11n Wlan Adapter Driver Cdr King here. I am not sure how you would gain anything from a wifi amplifier.

Most routers already transmit at the legal maximum power so if you connected it to the router it would in effect do nothing. If your PC did not transmit at the maximum then I suppose it might help on that end. Be very careful there are devices you can buy that are not legal look for FCC id numbers to be sure it is a legal device. A home made direction antenna is hard to say.

I would just buy a commercial one then you know you really get the rated gain. Most this antenna modification stuff is all old news. You pretty much can't do it anymore. Almost all modern routers use MiMO and other feature that are dependent on the simultaneous use of multiple antennas. If you were to connect something else to one you would in effect remove it from the router.

This would mean that you may be able to let a remote PC connect but your close PC then lose the ability to run the high speed options used by the multi antenna solutions. I would look into using power line networks to extend the network into the garage. The next option is to use a AP place closer to the garage but connected to the main router via ethernet. You could also use a AP that has a built in directional antenna like engenius ENS200 The last resort option would be to place a repeater half way between and live with degradation in speed a repeater causes.