DIY Wireless Router Antenna
If you are experiencing poor wireless service from your wireless router, you can build your own enhanced antenna for the device using some basic household items. Once you have it complete, this do-it-yourself wireless router antenna will amplify and direct the wireless signal, resulting in better wireless coverage and service.
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Instructions
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Print out a parabola template. Cut it out with scissors.
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Cut out a cardboard rectangle approximately six to eight inches wide and one foot long.
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Cover the cardboard rectangle with aluminum foil and cut the foil to fit. Glue the sheet of foil to one side of the cardboard rectangle.
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Cut three horizontal slots in the top third of the cardboard rectangle. Cut three horizontal slots in the bottom third of the cardboard rectangle. Bend the cardboard rectangle towards you slightly.
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Insert the three horizontal tabs on the top of the parabola template into the three horizontal slots in the top third of the cardboard rectangle. Insert the three horizontal tabs on the bottom of the parabola template into the three horizontal slots in the bottom third of the rectangle.
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Tape the complete parabola antenna to the end of the antenna on your wireless router.
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Tips & Warnings
Once your homemade parabolic antenna is attached to your router's antenna, turn the parabolic antenna's cardboard panel in the direction of your office or computer. A normal wireless router broadcasts a Wi-Fi signal evenly in all directions. The parabolic antenna concentrates and amplifies that signal in a single direction, leading to increased signal strength. Point the antenna toward any part of your home or office where you will be using Wi-Fi.
