What Is A Good Wifi Antenna That Can Grab Other Neighbors Wifi From A Distance

[Orangeator]

Hey, lets say my house right outside (across the street) from a neighborhood (no trees in the neighbor hood or between my house and the neighborhood my house overlooks). My desktop is on the second floor of my house and I have a window facing the neighborhood. I need a link to a wifi antenna I can aim towards the neighbor hood and that is powerful enough to pick up a signal from pretty far into. Like what I am asking is what is a seriously powerful wifi antenna I can plug into my desktop to receive signals from a pretty far distance. Just for reference my cheap little Belkin wifi card I have in my desktop sees at 3 bars the neighbors wifi from across the street.

 

This is for reference and for educational use, not really doing this. Maybe.

 

Would this work? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA9083K02777&cm_re=25_dbi-_-9SIA9083K02777-_-Product

 

If the above would work, could I screw it into this adapter (if I unscrew the antenna on it currently of course). http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833166056

 

If that wouldn't what would?

[Lolucoca]

 

 

[Orangeator]

Just now, Lolucoca said:

 

 

Read what I put above, its not point to point, I need something that will push a signal over a large area of land and through houses.

[mikat]

wait do you mean this?

 

 

[Lolucoca]

@Orangeator Basically, how it works, is:

This antenna converts a normal signal into a radio beam and sends it to another antenna which converts the signal back. 

[Samfisher]

It's pointless to have a high gain WiFi receiver if the access point signal is weak ass.  WiFi is only as good as its weakest point.

[Orangeator]

Just now, Samfisher said:

It's pointless to have a high gain WiFi receiver if the access point signal is weak ass.  WiFi is only as good as its weakest point.

So lets say a house 1400 feet away has a normal house router, and I have an incredibly strong directional wifi antenna pointing in its direction. I wouldn't be able to use it? I don't care about speed, I am talking about being able to connect to it and lightly browse the web.

[s3ns3]

no because the 25dbi antenna will not be amplified. get some usb extenders or antenna cable extender

[Samfisher]

Just now, Orangeator said:

So lets say a house 1400 feet away has a normal house router, and I have an incredibly strong directional wifi antenna pointing in its direction. I wouldn't be able to use it? I don't care about speed, I am talking about being able to connect to it and lightly browse the web.

A normal house router barely makes it out to the yard.

 

1400feet is over 400 meters, no WiFi will ever do that.

[TidaLWaveZ]

[Orangeator]

Just now, TidaLWaveZ said:

Okay this made me piss my pants a little.

[Orangeator]

1 minute ago, Samfisher said:

A normal house router barely makes it out to the yard.

 

1400feet is over 400 meters, no WiFi will ever do that.

So what you are saying is that no matter how powerful the antenna I am using, if the router on the other end isn't the same it won't work?

[Samfisher]

Just now, Orangeator said:

So what you are saying is that no matter how powerful the antenna I am using, if the router on the other end isn't the same it won't work?

Yes.  No WiFi antenna will do 400m.

[Lolucoca]

@Orangeator Just use one of those Ubiquity antennas shown in Linus' video. You just have to plug an ethernet cable in one end, align both antennas, set them up and it should work

[mynameajeff]

Visit your neighbors at Christmas time, gift them some range extenders, offer to set them up. 

 

Done 

Edit: 

Set them up in their yard get some weather proof ones

 

[Tieox]

Ask if you can rent one of these things: 

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3147691/Mark-Zuckerberg-shows-laser-fitted-Facebook-s-fleet-drones-beam-internet-everyone.html

[Deoros]

You could ask your neighbors if you can set up WiFi extenders in their homes. They might want you to pay them for it. If you are just trying to connect to their network you can use tunnels to connect your IP'S which can act as one network.

[beavo451]

Lol at all the range extenders suggestions.

 

There is nothing that you can really do on one end to ensure a strong connection. You need to have antennas at both locations for this to work right. If you are doing this for a legitimate purpose with your neighbor, then your neighbor will have no problem setting equipment up.

[brandishwar]

1 hour ago, Samfisher said:

It's pointless to have a high gain WiFi receiver if the access point signal is weak ass.  WiFi is only as good as its weakest point.

Not as much as you might think. There was a case in Florida where a wardriver was sitting in a yacht docked in a marina a fair distance from a condo building. Using an antenna that was little more than a coil of bare wire wrapped around a Pringles can, the person was able to link into an unsecured WiFi router in that building for downloading child porn. It highlighted one of the central reasons to have your WiFi router password protected. He was apparently able to access several unsecured WiFi routers from his boat.

[Samfisher]

2 minutes ago, brandishwar said:

Not as much as you might think. There was a case in Florida where a wardriver was sitting in a yacht docked in a marina a fair distance from a condo building. Using an antenna that was little more than a coil of bare wire wrapped around a Pringles can, the person was able to link into an unsecured WiFi router in that building for downloading child porn. It highlighted one of the central reasons to have your WiFi router password protected. He was apparently able to access several unsecured WiFi routers from his boat.

The distance from Palm Avenue where the person was staying, to the water is about 100m.  OP is asking about distances more than 4 times that.

[brandishwar]

4 minutes ago, Samfisher said:

The distance from Palm Avenue where the person was staying, to the water is about 100m.  OP is asking about distances more than 4 times that.

Looking at a map of the area on Google Maps, and even the picture in the linked article, it was significantly more than 100m. Not a kilometer, mind you, but it looks to be at least a quarter mile (400m).

[Samfisher]

2 minutes ago, brandishwar said:

Looking at a map of the area on Google Maps, and even the picture in the linked article, it was significantly more than 100m. Not a kilometer, mind you, but it looks to be at least a quarter mile (400m).

 

[brandishwar]

5 minutes ago, Samfisher said:

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And you're still looking at about 150m to the closest docking area (look at Google Earth). We don't know where in the marina he was, though. He could've been in one of the closest docking bays, or he could've been further into the marina. Even still, 150m with a makeshift antenna comprised of coiled wire and a Pringle's can is quite impressive. And if he was further out into the marina, it's even more so.

[DirtyDane]

On 3/2/2016 at 8:54 AM, Orangeator said:

Okay this made me piss my pants a little.

 

On 3/2/2016 at 8:54 AM, TidaLWaveZ said:

.... i bet you thats owned by 1 rich guy just so he can have wifi when hes on the top floor of his tall ass house or something WE NEED CONNECTIONS LIKE THIS AT HOME I WANT THIS ON MY ROOF

makes you wonder just how far you could get that signal. i should get one of those just for my laptop.... all that for a laptop