XPost: alt.home.repair, sci.electronics.repair   
   From: _arlen.george@halder.edu   
      
   On Fri, 11 Oct 2019 11:50:52 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton wrote:   
      
   > Let's say I have a coax cable coming in my house to my cable modem and my   
   > desktop PC has no WiFi receiver installed.   
      
   Hi Cindy,   
      
   That works perfectly, Cindy.   
   o Remember, this is "standard" Ethernet stuff (Cat5/RJ45 & all that).   
      
   That's the elegant beauty of having the knowledge described in this thread!   
   o It plugs directly into your computer - as long as you have an RJ45 port.   
      
   Please take a quick look at this photo I just snapped which shows the   
   connection from my DESKTOP RJ45 port to the "router & antenna".   
       
      
   The cost of that setup is about what you pay for a SOHO router.   
   o And yet, the POWER is infinitely greater   
      
   As an example, you'd be hard pressed to get even 20 decibels EIRP out of   
   your SOHO router, whereas the antenna alone on this setup could easily be   
   30 decibels or more - and that doesn't even count the transmit power.   
      
   So, for the same amount of money as people spend to have repeaters in their   
   house, they can set up something like this, if they have the space and   
   knowledge, instead.   
      
   And, for the same amount of money that people spend to send wires to the   
   deepest darkest most inaccessible parts of their house, they can simply set   
   up an antenna like this to beam the signal.   
      
   In fact, I have multiple antennas like this set up OUTSIDE my house, which   
   face the house in order to beam the signal back INTO the house (and to the   
   pool and to the barn and to the shop, and to the driveway gate, etc.).   
      
   Notice all this can easily be done with a cable modem setup.   
   o All you need is an RJ45 port in your desktop or laptop computer.   
      
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   The point is this power is available to ALL desktops (with an RJ45 port).   
      
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