Good Cheap Wireless Bridge/Repeater?

[yourbeliefs]

My boss is having the problem of his wireless router not being strong enough to cover his huge house, so I want to play hero and give him a good solution. Unfortunately I don't know much about wireless technology. Is there a good and rather inexpensive repeater/bridge solution that I can recommend him?

 

[Voyager6]

I recommend the Asus WL-520gU. It is flashable to DD-WRT or Tomato. You can then adjust the Tx power for more range. Also very easy to set up as a bridge/repeater. ASUS WL-520gU DD-WRT Compatible WiFi Router w/ USB Print Server $29.99 After $10 Rebate @ Mwave + Free Shipping - SlickDeals.net Forums

 

[Peter Parker]

I would either purchase one from the same manufacturer as the router or go with one of the Hawking Technology products. I have seen to many configuration problems with mixing manufacturers and the Hawking repeaters claim ease of setup and greater compatibility.

 

[Stargazer]

Ubiquiti products are cheap and should get the job done and they have a good bit of power, more than what the average router would have.

 

[daddyzlod]

Ediemax, ap/bridge/repeater from newegg. About $33.00

 

[yumagah]

If he really wants to do it for cheap, buy a used Linksys WRT54G from ebay, craigslist or a resale shop. Flash it with DD-WRT and set it up in Wireless Bridge or Repeater Mode.
I'm doing this with 2 units already. It's much better than using a commercial range extender, because the WRT54G (running DD-WRT) can be used as an ethernet bridge and wireless extender at the same time. Not many of the commercial extenders can do that.

 

[truckracer]

one of the not so cheap options is using a cisco aironet access point.
we put one in a doctor's office for their tablet pc's. the single access point covers a very large office with strong signal coverage.

 

[primestar31]

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Buy one of those. It has a high-powered amplifier built in, and a range you wouldn't believe. It also has a switch at the bottom, that allows you to set it to bridge mode if you'd like. I have one, and they are wonderful. You can also flash it with DD-WRT if you'd like, but you don't have to.