ok guys as you will see im pretty well off when it comes to electronics but i cant figure this one out.
ffirst of all i have alltel for my cell service and it works great everywhere but my house, i cant hold calls, send txt or anything without something messing up or it just dropping service then re-entering a few seconds later. i live in a complete dead zone but when outside i can hold a call sometimes. anyway i dont want to pay that crazy 300-350 dollars for a signal amplifier so i've turned to my spare equipment to try and make something.
i have a old linksys 54g 802.11 b or g (cant remeber right off) wireless router. now. i was havin some thoughts of maybe i could make something out of the old router and use it to amplify the signal. i do relize that sprint is pcs some special service and cinglular/suncom is gsm service. but alltel and verizon are both cdma services. cingular and suncom and tmoble all get good service like 4 to full bars all the time because theres a tower about 5 houses down from me for there gsm service. ive looked at the closest alltel tower to me is roughly 4 miles or so(in a straight line, not roads). anyway does anyone know how i can maybe make this router into a signal amplifier, i do realize that the router doesnt recieve any signal just brodcast some form of it out. i was thinking if there was something that i could buy that would pick up the type of signal i need and send it to the router to broadcast it that it might work but routers beeing on a different channel then cell phones im just not sure. if anyone could help i would greatly appreciate it?? thanks
ffirst of all i have alltel for my cell service and it works great everywhere but my house, i cant hold calls, send txt or anything without something messing up or it just dropping service then re-entering a few seconds later. i live in a complete dead zone but when outside i can hold a call sometimes. anyway i dont want to pay that crazy 300-350 dollars for a signal amplifier so i've turned to my spare equipment to try and make something.
i have a old linksys 54g 802.11 b or g (cant remeber right off) wireless router. now. i was havin some thoughts of maybe i could make something out of the old router and use it to amplify the signal. i do relize that sprint is pcs some special service and cinglular/suncom is gsm service. but alltel and verizon are both cdma services. cingular and suncom and tmoble all get good service like 4 to full bars all the time because theres a tower about 5 houses down from me for there gsm service. ive looked at the closest alltel tower to me is roughly 4 miles or so(in a straight line, not roads). anyway does anyone know how i can maybe make this router into a signal amplifier, i do realize that the router doesnt recieve any signal just brodcast some form of it out. i was thinking if there was something that i could buy that would pick up the type of signal i need and send it to the router to broadcast it that it might work but routers beeing on a different channel then cell phones im just not sure. if anyone could help i would greatly appreciate it?? thanks
