#31826 - qwertycho - Wed Dec 15, 2004 1:31 am
I've seen these things called range expanders for wifi wireless networks, basicly it's a repeater hub for a wireless connection that isn't in range. But I was wondering if it would be possible to modify one of these with some sort of antenna or sattlite dish to get maybe a mile radius in range.
This way we could find DS's within a mile of our homes and would be a great multiplayer thing for those of us in big citys
#31827 - ravuya - Wed Dec 15, 2004 1:49 am
A repeater might work. My preferred method would be to crack open the DS and solder in a BNC connector like that found on high-end routers, then attach a high-gain (> +16dBi) antenna.
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#31829 - willgonz - Wed Dec 15, 2004 1:53 am
Here are my guesses:
1. If you could use one of those WiFi Repeater's which takes the signal from the air and sends it out boosted.
2. Well, there isn't an external Antenna hook up. There is one on the inside which has one of those microbnc connectors. You might be able to extend it that way.
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#31832 - netdroid9 - Wed Dec 15, 2004 2:09 am
Go and find a mobile antenna and connect a spare DS to it :P
I wonder if the DS had a large enough range it could act as a server and route other DS through it to another one outside the range of the first?
#31834 - mymateo - Wed Dec 15, 2004 3:36 am
This topic has already been discussed. I would personally like to see people read a little more before re-posting old topics. But, hey, that's just me!
#31838 - ravuya - Wed Dec 15, 2004 4:42 am
| willgonz wrote: |
| 2. Well, there isn't an external Antenna hook up. There is one on the inside which has one of those microbnc connectors. You might be able to extend it that way. |
Huh, if it has Micro-BNC then adding a fullsize BNC connection wouldn't be too hard, and would require a quick drillout of the plastic and a pigtail.
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#31849 - netdroid9 - Wed Dec 15, 2004 6:10 am
| ravuya wrote: |
| willgonz wrote: | | 2. Well, there isn't an external Antenna hook up. There is one on the inside which has one of those microbnc connectors. You might be able to extend it that way. |
Huh, if it has Micro-BNC then adding a fullsize BNC connection wouldn't be too hard, and would require a quick drillout of the plastic and a pigtail. |
But...
To drill, or not to drill, that is thy question.
#31851 - ravuya - Wed Dec 15, 2004 6:20 am
| netdroid9 wrote: |
| ravuya wrote: | | willgonz wrote: | | 2. Well, there isn't an external Antenna hook up. There is one on the inside which has one of those microbnc connectors. You might be able to extend it that way. |
Huh, if it has Micro-BNC then adding a fullsize BNC connection wouldn't be too hard, and would require a quick drillout of the plastic and a pigtail. |
But...
To drill, or not to drill, that is thy question. |
Psh. After Christmas they'll be more plentiful than SPs after people return them thanks to the drought of games. Buy a couple, get drillin'.
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#31953 - TJ - Thu Dec 16, 2004 6:27 am
Just to clear things up, those are not micro-BNC connectors on the main board of the DS.
Regardless though, it should be simple to add an external antenna jack to the DS. The antenna lead is easily accessible.
#31955 - meta-ridley - Thu Dec 16, 2004 6:45 am
yes you can drive a signal as far as needed with the right equipment, well actually you are limited by the curvature of the earth, since wifi is basically line of sight. keep in mind depending on how far it is, you might need to build a tower with a huge dish sitting atop it. also the person on the other end would need the same setup to send the signal back to you. so ya have fun with that...
#31964 - willgonz - Thu Dec 16, 2004 7:50 am
[quote="TJ"]Just to clear things up, those are not micro-BNC connectors on the main board of the DS.[quote]
Well then Professor,
What is it called?
Connection 12
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#31978 - TJ - Thu Dec 16, 2004 11:58 am
It looks to be a simple quick-disconnect spade connector.
#32463 - Angry_Monk - Thu Dec 23, 2004 2:47 am
I saw some stuff about this earlier today and figured i share what i know...
off the FCC site is this PDF with some internal picts of some DS components: https://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/oet/forms/blobs/retrieve.cgi?attachment_id=457113&native_or_pdf=pdf
scroll down and you will see some picts of the DS's antenna. either the antenna is the black wire, which i think is not the case, or the antenna is the half rectangular metal strip inside the circuit board. i have heard and seen antenna like this being used in small RF devices, usally the strip of metal runs around the perimeter of the device, and this design usally works good in small spaces. BUT this antenna in the DS looks unusually small, so to extend the range very simply and cheaply i would solder a piece of wire onto the current antenna and run the wire around the perimeter of the DS (big antenna in small space), like nintendo should have done. you can also do some greater antenna mods using different and more effective antenna designs, some of which have already been talked about here. then you can get into the repeates and signal boosters (even the cheap cell phone ones). but those have already been mentioned. extending the RF range is the first thing i'm doing when i get my DS.
#32514 - telamon - Thu Dec 23, 2004 3:19 pm
#32550 - Angry_Monk - Thu Dec 23, 2004 8:45 pm
i've seen those before, even tried to make one once. all it does is focuses the singal so all the radio waves go in one direction (like a satellite dish). on one web site some guy got about 1000ft out of his wifi from one of those.
#32574 - netdroid9 - Fri Dec 24, 2004 1:33 am
| Angry_Monk wrote: |
| i've seen those before, even tried to make one once. all it does is focuses the singal so all the radio waves go in one direction (like a satellite dish). on one web site some guy got about 1000ft out of his wifi from one of those. |
I wonder... What happens when 700 NDS are within range? Pictochat slurs? *5 minutes alter* What do you mean, timeout?
#32587 - TJ - Fri Dec 24, 2004 4:42 am
That could be adapted to work on the DS.
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