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Does anyone have it?
Does it really work? If so, does it really extend the range by 2x?
Is it worth it?

[OreoCookie]

You can build such an extender yourself. For virtually no money at all.

Check out www.saunalahti.fi/elepal/antenna2.html

Be sure to use a tin with a diameter larger than 10 cm (about 4 inches, I guess). Works perfectly according to c't magazine (the best general purpose computer magazine in Germany; excellent tests) and is absolutely equivalent to commercially available solutions.

[Tom N]

The antenna design you mentioned is the common cantenna, made from various types of cans, the most famous being a Pringles can.

It is not an omni directional antenna, which is what the individual asked about.

As to DrBots omni antennas, they are overpriced and under performers, in my opinion. Better omni's are available from a variety of sources at lower prices with better performance.

Do a search for wifi antennes and you will find plenty of info and companies that sell antennas.

To help in your search, hear are two, but there are many more:

http://www.hyperlinktech.com/web/antenna_kits.html

http://www.fab-corp.com/

Tom N.

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I found that it would be cheaper to just buy a base station (netgear) instead of another Airport or the antenna. I was wondering if this would interfear with my current Airport Base.

[ghporter]

Adding another access point won't interfere with you current one as long as you put it on a different channel. Usually it's best to make the new access point's channel two or more channels away from the current one, mostly to prevent interference issues related to reflected signals. What you'll be doing by adding another access point is setting up a roaming capability for your wireless LAN; you'll use the same network name (SSID), and connect both the ABS and the new access point to the same router, making them (and their wireless clients) all part of the same LAN.

Good luck!