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Aha I did something similar to this a while back. Had an ancient computer with a $2 WiFi dongle very far from the access point.

It could barely sustain a connection, never mind actually doing anything. So I cut up the neck of a bottle, covered with aluminium foil, and even added a little reciever at the focus point of the dish.

Signal bars went to a solid usable III.




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