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Extending a wireless Antenna

Pulsar

Pulsar

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I've got a Buffalo router in the basement right now. I'd like to move the antenna up to the ground floor so we get decent reception outside the house as well.

What type of cable can you use to connect the router to the antenna? Is it standard 75ohm coax, similar to the stuff you'd use between your TV and your TV Antenna? Does it use the same connectors?

I must be googling for the wrong terms because I can't find it.
 
If at all possible you are better off moving the AP. Run an extension cord/long patch cord if needed. By setting up the antenna and having to run coax you will likely end up with a worse setup because of the loss in the coax. If you got a high gain antenna and low loss cable you might get a net gain but not as much as you would think.
 
Antennae are connected with coax cables. However coax for 2.4GHz has rapid lose with length, so what ever you will gain in better position you would loose on the coax.

2.4GHz system is better extended by using a CAT5e cable and a second Access Point (Or an inexpensive Wireless Router as an Access Point).

Wireless Router as an AP - http://www.ezlan.net/router_AP.html
 
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