On 4/27/2015 5:52 PM, Jim wrote:
On 27/04/2015 21:58, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
On 4/27/2015 4:28 PM, Jim wrote:
Firstly sorry if this is OT guys but you do seem the best people to ask.
The part of London I live in has rubbish ISP speeds (4 mbit) and I have
been offered an old Relish.net router which is a Gemtek WLTFSR-115GN, I
know some of these have external aerial sockets (US ones I think) but
the version I will get does not have any external sockets, so it's a
case of go inside and try to figure out some way of connecting an
external aerial, now the reason I need an external one is I am right on
the edge of their coverage and only get a single bar using just the
router, I do have some images of the inside of the router so I will post
the links for them later, but I was just wondering if anyone has heard
of this being done in the UK?
TIA
The first thing you need to do is check the law. In the United States,
it would be illegal to add an external antenna to most (if not all)
routers. I don't know if the same situation exists in the U.K.
Would it be possible for you to place it somewhere high, like in an
attic?
Not to sure on legal side in the UK, I presume it's ok in the US as i
have seen this video on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yXbWV1vsco
and that has external sockets built in, so i presume law is fine with it
in the US.
Don't be on it. Just because you see it on the Internet does not mean
it's legal. There is a lot of illegal Chinese crap being sold to
unsuspecting Americans. In fact, just a few months ago, a Chinese
company ways fined several million dollars for selling illegal equipment
in the U.S.
Also, just because one piece of equipment is legal for an external
antenna does NOT mean another piece also is legal. And even if it is
legal in the U.S., the U.K. has an entirely different set of laws. What
is legal in one country may or may not be in the other.
I am on the top floor of a 2 story block and have access to a T&K
bracket and about a 15-20 foot pole, so height should not be an issue,
but before i went to the hassle of getting someone in to mount it (i
can't due to disability) I want to make sure it can be done and buy the
right equipment.
Jim
No, I am saying mount the modem in the attic, not an external antenna.
Before you get a big fine from OFCOM I would recommend you check the
legality. I suspect you will find what you want to do is NOT legal -
which is why your modem does not have an external antenna jack.
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