I've read that they work best when the passive repeater is not in the middle of the link but closer to one end or the other of the link that needs repeating. Also... 'They can be thought of as "earth flatteners", rather than "range extenders". Their best application is in cases when you can summarise the link as: "We would have HEAPS of signal on this link path, if only that great big building | hill wasn't in the way".' Source: http://lists.samba.org/archive/wireless/2002-June/001424.html On 13 Jul 2004, Rob Wentworth wrote: > Passive is just a pair of antennae connected via a (hopefully) low-loss > cable. Directional antennas work best... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jay Austad" <austad at signal15.com> > To: "Twin Cities Wireless Users Group List" <tcwug-list at tcwug.org> > Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 8:49 PM > Subject: [TCWUG] making a passive repeater > > > > Anyone have any idea how to make a passive repeater? Not for wifi > > though, for my t-mobile cellphone. I get sketch reception in my > > basement and in downstairs areas of the house and need to remedy this > > somehow. > > > > -jay > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > Minnesota > > http://www.tcwug.org > > tcwug-list at tcwug.org > > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > Minnesota > http://www.tcwug.org > tcwug-list at tcwug.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list > _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.tcwug.org tcwug-list at tcwug.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list