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#1 GGameBoy
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I am going to move houses and we are not going to have internet there. Our neighbors will have it somewhere like 200 feet away (give or take) through a couple walls (kitchen ect...) well we have been there before and had just enough signal to serf the web for an hour or so before the internet gave out and you would have to reconect, or somedays you could not connect. Yes, they know what we are doing :) . I know there are some directional antenas I could use, but is there anything like a booster that I could place at midpoint between the houses to boost the signal? Or am I just dreaming? lol

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Yes there are aparatuses that can boost signals and also can relay them further distances. They are very easy to make with even homemade objects, just search google. The downside: if your neighbors dont know, its HIGHLY illegal. Given unless your using it all they will probably never know, but if they were to report it you would be in the same sinking ship as "wardrivers". (google it if you dont knwo the term). Its a federal FELONY, not a misdimeanor, a felony. Take your chances if you wish but I wouldn't risk it if they dont know.

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#3 Sparticus247
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You could always extend a USB adapter with a cable, and make a makeshift dish out of a mixing bowl, some fois, and tape lol. As funny as this sounds I got an extra 3 bars from it.
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#4 GGameBoy
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Yes there are aparatuses that can boost signals and also can relay them further distances. They are very easy to make with even homemade objects, just search google. The downside: if your neighbors dont know, its HIGHLY illegal. Given unless your using it all they will probably never know, but if they were to report it you would be in the same sinking ship as "wardrivers". (google it if you dont knwo the term). Its a federal FELONY, not a misdimeanor, a felony. Take your chances if you wish but I wouldn't risk it if they dont know.

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What are they called?

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#5 ColdfireTrilogy
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WIFI DIY extender Let me remind you, if your neighbors dont know you could be in for a hefty fine. An aqaintance of mine got an almost $30k fine.

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just use a tin foil dish. lmao, one of my friends really wanted to use wireless for his internet, so i made him a like 2 foot tinfoil dish to aim his router. now he gets 5 mb/s over wireless.

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Yes there are aparatuses that can boost signals and also can relay them further distances. They are very easy to make with even homemade objects, just search google. The downside: if your neighbors dont know, its HIGHLY illegal. Given unless your using it all they will probably never know, but if they were to report it you would be in the same sinking ship as "wardrivers". (google it if you dont knwo the term). Its a federal FELONY, not a misdimeanor, a felony. Take your chances if you wish but I wouldn't risk it if they dont know.

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Um link me to somewhere that states building your own parabolic wifi booster is illegal, because it isn't.
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#8 Sparticus247
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[QUOTE="ColdfireTrilogy"]

Yes there are aparatuses that can boost signals and also can relay them further distances. They are very easy to make with even homemade objects, just search google. The downside: if your neighbors dont know, its HIGHLY illegal. Given unless your using it all they will probably never know, but if they were to report it you would be in the same sinking ship as "wardrivers". (google it if you dont knwo the term). Its a federal FELONY, not a misdimeanor, a felony. Take your chances if you wish but I wouldn't risk it if they dont know.

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Um link me to somewhere that states building your own parabolic wifi booster is illegal, because it isn't.

He's saying that usiing the internet connection of someone else without their knowledge or consent is now considered a felony.