[max americana]

Disclaimer: don't blame me if you happen to stab yourself while boozing. And don't just place a can of Schlitz on the router because you are too lazy to cut open a beer can. Happy wifi!

[RockinRight]

Redneck WiFi?

If your wireless router says “Budweiser” on it...you might be a redneck.

[Texas Fossil]

Nice simple concept.

They gave no guidance about the shape of the reflector and it seems a little arbitrary to use the pop-top hole for spacing. Should be a 1/4 wave length from reflector where the antenna goes through the lid of the can.

Great idea, wonder if it was one of my Ham friends who thought this up. The old ones are still cheap and this looks like something they would do. hee hee hee

[NoLibZone]

For better reception where ever you are:

[GOPJ]

This is a good one!

[Revolting cat!]

Are longboys like Busch’s (taller) preferable to Foster’s (wider)?

With the former, if it don’t work, you could always say:

Busch’s Fault!

[BreezyDog]

I've got one of these. Note that it doesn't have a standard antenna. Also note that it is supposed to have better range than my old one with 3 antennas. IT DOESN'T!

[gaijin]

Naw..! Pringles Can, bro..!

Coffee can, too..! I’m serious.

[jpsb]

Hmmm, I might try this a little later.

[Obadiah]

Except, the trouble is that most routers now have internal antennas.

[JoeProBono]

[KarlInOhio]

Foster's: Australian for even longer range WiFi.

[anymouse]

The wonders of electromagnetic wave physics. An approximation of a stretched parabola reflector dish. Works best if antenna is positioned in the focus of the parabola.

I genned up a redneck directional parabolic dish to boost my WiFi antenna using aluminum foil taped to the back side of an old umbrella. Used rubber band to hold antenna to umbrella pole in approximate focal area. It actually boosted the signal significantly, but very tricky to figure out optimum direction if you don’t know where the WiFi signal is coming from with multiple sources.

[Mount Athos]

I have no doubt that this works, I have had good success doing a similar setup with ordinary foil and backing.

I bet a lot of people are going to cut themselves doing this to the can though

[the invisib1e hand]

better have plenty of needle and thread handy. you’re gonna need stitches.

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

Ping for later... see if I can get away with not replacing my router.

[Bean Counter]

Outstanding stuff...amazing what you can do with a tin can.

When I was a kid, my Dad was a CB radio nut, and he kept a large “Charles Chips” potato chip can near the desk with his radio gear, and when he wanted an echo effect, he would point his boom mike into that big metal can, and then howl into it to get the damnedest tinny echo sound...

My Grandfather was a CB radio nut too, and since he lived all of 15 miles away he was in a perfect place to give my Dad advice on how he sounded on the air. He’d turn his beam antenna to aim it at my Dad, listen to him on the radio and then call him on the phone to give him advice on how to improve it. I remember trying to get to sleep as a kid and listening to the Old Man howling at South Africa and sounding like Goulardi with that weird echo.....

KMK 4071...”The Voice of the Eagle” in Northwest Ohio...

[krb]

The Most Interesting Man In the World can make that crap work with a glass bottle, too.

[barstoolblues]

Paging Mr. McGyver, to the red phone.

Mr. McGyver to the red phone.

Your assistance is needed in aisle 12.

[barstoolblues]

Paging Mr. McGyver, to the red phone.

Mr. McGyver to the red phone.

Your assistance is needed in aisle 12.

[HHFi]

Wonder if it’ll work on the antenna for my wireless speaker system that gets a little fuzzy in the far reaches of the house.