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[kempo]

Hello - I have just (finally) upgraded from a "g" network with the 825.  I had a range extender (and hi gain antennas) with the network and had adequate but slow connections throughout the the house. I need to repeat this setup with "n" network as I am looking to cover a rather large area.

I have a range extender arriving today (the hawking mentioned in an earlier post)

Are there any specific hi gain antennas that would be recommended? I don't think that omni or uni directional would matter for my setup.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

[alfonsoB]

I'm sorry I can't offer specific answers to your radio issues.

Something that might pertain caught my attention the other
day at Small Net Builder.

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/ces-2011/31377-ces-2011-d-link-announcements

Here is an excerpt from the announcement.

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"If media streaming isn't your focus, you might
 prefer D-Link's new "whole home" routers and
"Wi-Fi Booster". The company says its patented
"SmartBeam" multi-element (six, actually) antenna
technology "significantly extends" wireless range
and boosts performance.
"SmartBeam" products include: the DAP-1525 Wi-Fi
Booster with SmartBeam Technology switchable
dual-band AP / bridge / repeater with four Gigabit
Ethernet ports and supporting multiple SSIDs; single
band DIR-645 Whole Home Router 1000 with Gigabit
Ethernet WAN and LAN ports and USB 2.0 SharePort;
and DIR-845 Whole Home Router 2000 with SmartBeam
Technology that has all the DIR-645's features plus
two radios for simultaneous dual-band support.
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I don't know what "SmartBeam Technology" is but I plan to stay
tuned and see how it works out. Hopefully, it is another "better
mousetrap" from D-Link that turns into a home run.

[kempo]

Thanks for the info!

[alfonsoB]

Here is another excerpt on SmartBeam:

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www.dvice.com/archives/2011/01/d-links-wireles.php

"Wireless routers probably waste 99% of their energy
broadcasting their signal where your computers aren't,
which is why most routers have crappy range. D-Link is
introducing a new wireless repeater that doesn't just
boost signals, it targets them directly at your wireless
antennae for maximum distance and reliability.

D-Link's DAP-1525 Wi-Fi Booster is a mostly featureless
black object with a bunch of blinky blue lights on it,
a theme that seems to be quite common at this year's
Consumer Electronics Show. Plug the booster in somewhere
just in range of your router, and the DAP-1525 will pick
up the signal and blast it out again fresh, extending
your network into the wild blue yonder.

The booster isn't just transmitting wantonly, though:
using what D-Link is calling "SmartBeam Technology,"
it actually zeros in on the wireless devices that it's
talking to and uses one of six directional antennas to
focus the signal exactly where it needs to go. Since
the product is still being tested and tweaked, D-Link
won't say just how much of a difference this makes
beyond 'significant,' but it seems like a pretty good
idea to me. Look for the DAP-1525 this spring for a rather
spendy $140.

In addition to the repeater, D-Link also plans on coming
out with a couple routers that implement this SmartBeam
stuff, but not until the middle of next year at the earliest."

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IMHO - if this solves a lot of the transmit/receive issues
then I think D-Link will find plenty of folks willing to be
"spendy".