How can I connect a 15 dBi omnidirectional antena to my linksys W-G BB router to distribute internet access.?

Question

Hi, I have internet cafe and I am based in a residetial area, my IDU are 1.2m Channel master Dish, 2watts BUC and the ODU are Linkstar Moden, 24 Ports Ethernet Switch, and Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router. I have a 15 dBi omnidirectional antena, how can I connect it to my existing equipment to distribute internet access to houses around me? and how many meters can my signal cover approximately?

Answer 1

Normally you would unscrew an existing smaller antenna on your Linksys Router and attach the 15dBi antenna. The smaller antenna is probably somewhere around 6dBi. For every 6dB increase in antenna gain you should double the distance that your router will work. So whatever you were getting before you can probably go about 2 times further with the new antenna.