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If you are interested in improving the range of your WiFi router or just having issues connecting from some "dead" spots in your house or yard, you may want to consider building your own 'cantenna'. Extremetech, has posted Chapter 3 of their new book, Wi-Fi Toys: 15 Cool Wireless Projects for Home, Office, and Entertainment which details how you can build it in the privacy of your own home. "If you read Chapter 1, you'll learn how to make a Wi-Fi Antenna Cable that can be used to connect an external antenna to your Wi-Fi card or Access Point. In this chapter, we'll teach you how to build an antenna and put the cable from chapter 1 to good use. While there are many commercial antennas available on the market today, they can be expensive. And hey, let's face it, attaching a commercial antenna to your Wi-Fi network will not turn heads like making your own will.
There are several different types of antennas that you can build. The most famous Wi-Fi antennas are made from either a coffee can or a Pringles potato chip can. In this chapter you learn how to build your own antenna from a regular, metal coffee can. You will be able to build it quickly and cheaply. As an added bonus, you will have lots of coffee which will come in handy in staying awake for the other projects in this book. " via thewirelessweblog
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