chameleoanglicu
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I have a 12" mac G4 powerbook and I'd like to get wireless acces in my apt. In our institution we have access to a closed wireless network just round the corner from my appartment. I have no signal inside my apartment, but outside my apt and round the corner, about 50ft away, there is a signal by one of the walls. This outdoor area is semi-private.
My question is: is there a (ideally non-powered) way for me to route the signal from the outdoor wall to inside my appartment. I'm thinking of basically an antenna with a long cable that I can run along the wall and connect somehow to my mac. Obviously I should get an airport extreme card, right? Or should I buy a 3rd party card with a connector for an external antenna cable? I've thought about putting an airport extreme basestation by the wall, the problem is I dont like leaving that kind of hardware outdoors. If push came to shove don't mind my mac being connected to a cable for this 'wireless' experiment.
Enclosed is a picture of the situation.
Thanks for your help!
PSL
I have a 12" mac G4 powerbook and I'd like to get wireless acces in my apt. In our institution we have access to a closed wireless network just round the corner from my appartment. I have no signal inside my apartment, but outside my apt and round the corner, about 50ft away, there is a signal by one of the walls. This outdoor area is semi-private.
My question is: is there a (ideally non-powered) way for me to route the signal from the outdoor wall to inside my appartment. I'm thinking of basically an antenna with a long cable that I can run along the wall and connect somehow to my mac. Obviously I should get an airport extreme card, right? Or should I buy a 3rd party card with a connector for an external antenna cable? I've thought about putting an airport extreme basestation by the wall, the problem is I dont like leaving that kind of hardware outdoors. If push came to shove don't mind my mac being connected to a cable for this 'wireless' experiment.
Enclosed is a picture of the situation.
Thanks for your help!
PSL
