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How would you connect an iPhone/iPad/iPod to a Cantenna? Have you made/used/use Cantennas? Please share your experience. My first cantenna is made out of a Pringles can. My best cantenna is made out of a Nalley's "Big Chunk" Beef Stew can. Since I've had my iPhone, I forgot all about my Mobile Geek Survival Kit. I just connected to FREE WiFi over 2 blocks away on my TabletPC! WarXing | the activity of detecting publicly accessible computer systems or (wireless) networks. The 'X' may be replaced by a more specific activity (ie. WarDriving). Cantenna | a directional waveguide antenna for long-range Wi-Fi used to increase the range of (or discover) a wireless network. |
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Now I'm not a hundred percent sure on this but I think that you can hook it up through the 30 pin connector and use it if you jailbreak it. |
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I'll assume you've gotten yourself properly licensed by the FCC to build and operate equipment at these power levels. You don't need to jailbreak your device, but you will need to open it. Find the internal wifi antenna inside the device, and with an x-acto knife, cut through the PCB to sever the connection to the internal antenna. Once this is done, scrape off a small portion of PCB on the lead that used to run to the internal antenna. You need enough contact area to solder a pigtail connector to it. Once you have the pigtail soldered to the PCB, find some way of running it out of the case, and close up the device. Connect your external antenna to the pigtail and you should be good to go. For extra transmit power, you can also use a 2.4GHz amplifier in-line with the antenna to boost the signal. |
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i've never had to connect any of my portable devices into a makeshift WiFi signal booster because i've never had signal difficulties in the home. |
