Calvin Peterson

    Future BSBA CIS
(Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
with a specialization in Computer Information Science)
Sounds quite impressive for a bachelor's degree doesn't it?
Hopefully, there is some correlation between starting pay
and the length of the degree title (wishful thinking).

I am currently in my junior year at the University of Florida.
I am counting the days until I can start working 60 hours a week
for next to nothing just to gain some experience.
Then after I get sick of that I can come back to school
and take out more loans to get a graduate degree.
In what you may ask? Anything, who really cares.
It just has to have a title longer than my bachelor's degree, Right?

    My girlfriend is still suffering with the pains of a dial up connection.
I could just tell her to sign up for high speed access,
but that would deny me the enjoyment of building something.
Since her apartment is only about 800 ft away from mine;
I figure I could share my high speed connection with her wirelessly.
800 feet is out of range for your standard router.
So I need to find a way to extend the range of my wireless network.
Being a novice on this subject, I had to do some research.
I found some ways to increase the range of my network,
and I will details those here.

    For those with no knowledge whatsoever of wireless networking,
I will give a brief overview. Basically, a laptop or a desktop
connects to a wireless network through the use of a wireless LAN card.
The card sends and receives signals to and from
a wireless access point or router. The access point or router
is connected by wire to a computer or a high speed data line or both.
The high speed data line or information on the computer
can then be shared wirelessly.

Before one can increase the range of their network,
one must first have a network. Therefore, I will give
some brief instructions on setting up a wireless network.
I will detail how to set up a network using a wireless router;
because home users are more likely
to have a router as opposed to an access point.