{"id":5610,"date":"2012-08-12T16:51:24","date_gmt":"2012-08-12T21:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?p=5610"},"modified":"2012-08-12T17:18:46","modified_gmt":"2012-08-12T22:18:46","slug":"usb-adaptors-diy-antenna-poor-mans-wifi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?p=5610","title":{"rendered":"USB adaptors & DIY antenna = “Poor Man’s WiFi” ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nMake 2.4GHz parabolic mesh dishes from cheap but sturdy Chinese cookware scoops & a USB WiFi adaptor! The largest so called “WIFRY”,”WOKFI” or “WOKTENNA” (12″= 300mm diam) shows 12-15dB gain (enough for a LOS range extension to 3-5km),costs ~US$5 & comes with a user friendly bamboo handle that suits WLAN fieldwork- if you can handle the curious stares! Neater boutique versions may better appeal indoors. NB-unless you use more powerful USB adapters (such as ALFA & Senao offerings <\/a> mentioned below),weak USB adapter output power may mean you now hear more stronger APs than you can link back to<\/a> …\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nvia.\u00a0 USB adaptors & DIY antenna = “Poor Man’s WiFi” ?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Make 2.4GHz parabolic mesh dishes from cheap but sturdy Chinese cookware scoops & a USB WiFi adaptor! The largest so called “WIFRY”,”WOKFI” or “WOKTENNA” (12″= 300mm diam) shows 12-15dB gain (enough for a LOS range extension to 3-5km),costs ~US$5 & … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[110],"tags":[144,399,78],"class_list":["post-5610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-networking","tag-antennas","tag-diy","tag-wifi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5610"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5613,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5610\/revisions\/5613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}