On Tue, 04 Jul 2006 06:28:16 -0000, Dave Platt wrote:
It's possible to fabricate a corner reflector, or (even better) a
parabolic reflector, out of material as inexpensive as cardboard
(or posterboard or something like that) lined with aluminum foil.

Hmm. At first, I thought you were pulling my leg; but a simple google for
more details gave me more homemade WiFi antenna reading than I can handle
in a month. Whew. Here, for others to share, are the Yagi pringles can
antennas (aka cantenna) which purport to "refocus" the WiFi signal from my
router in my house to my shed 300 feet away.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantenna
http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/448
http://www.seattlewireless.net/index...inglesCantenna
http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/reviews/article.php/3401501
http://www.turnpoint.net/wireless/has.html
http://www.binarywolf.com/249/pringles_cantenna.htm
http://verma.sfsu.edu/users/wireless/pringles.php
http://www.seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/CookieCantenna
http://webserver.computoredge.com/ed...2339/cover.htm
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/c...b13canned.html
http://www.overclock.net/faqs/17669-...l-booster.html
http://www.g4tv.com/screensavers/fea...i_Antenna.html
http://www.netscum.com/~clapp/wireless.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/binarywolf/sets/837698/
http://linuxathome.com/files_images/cantenna.pdf

Given that there are two fundamental design styles:
a) Parabola
b) Tube

Do folks here recommend the pringles cantenna or the pie tin antenna for my
2-antenna router 802.11b,g directional application where I need to also
feed the computers within the house in addition to the shed 300 feet away?

Beverly