[Hidden-tech] Sharing wifi between apartments

[Reva Reck]

You should be able to do it with a decent quality wireless 
router (I'd recommend Cisco), depending on apartment size, 
distance from the apartment with the internet connection, 
and construction. It would be pretty easy to test this by 
borrowing or buying a router &  plugging it in. Then 
everyone involved just looks at their "available wireless 
networks" and it should show up. If they can get the signal, 
then you can connect to the internet, set up security, etc. 
The one thing they should understand, though, is that unless 
the connection is fiber, they're going to experience lower 
speeds when everyone's connected.

You can also buy signal boosters, but these can be tricky to 
make work without interfering with each others' signals.

For a while, the center of Warwick had a hotspot centered on 
our library which provided internet for town hall and 
several houses in the center of town. When people tried to 
use signal boosters AKA repeaters), the whole thing was a 
mess, but when we used just one at the town hall, it worked 
quite well.

/Reva Reck/

/reva//@//revareck.com/


On 1/10/2011 10:23 AM, Scott Reed wrote:
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> A friend asked me for advice about using wifi to share an internet
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> experience or advice? Is it possible without wires except in the unit
> with the internet service? What kind of equipment is required?
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