On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, Brock Noland wrote:
> I live near a corporate coffee shop which offers free wireless access. I 
> can use there signal in the portion of my house which is nearest the 
> coffee shop. *If* I wanted to boost their signal so that I could use it 
> throughout my house, what is the best way?

First of all, ask for permission first.

> I could setup a proxy in that part of the host, but I would prefer a 
> "store bought" solution. A quick search of Google for wireless range 
> extender and wireless signal amplifier does not lead to productive 
> results. Any ideas?

I know you can use these as repeaters:

http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=1&pid=292

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