Recently my Maxis boardband are damm slow, as my previous post: Maxis suck again
decide to make my self a DIY booster or enhancer for my modem, since i made so many post regarding to DIY wifi booster such as Poor Man WIFI and Wifi Signal Booster (DIY)
I get this idea from a website call Cantena.com, Then i decide to make my own Cantena, i called it as iCalvyn’s Cantena, here come my Cantena
How to made it? Simply Choose any empty Can, as picture below…
Cut off 2 hole and let it be accessible like picture below…
Then fine a plastic or hard card board, cut it as a circle share (refer picture)
Slot the card board into the Can and put it like below, this is to gold the Can or stable the Can with the Antena
Finally it done.
But… The result are no different, i still miss out some thing. Probably the antenna did not attach to the Can aluminum. I going to correct it some more, coming up next…stay tune
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By lukxiufung on Aug 28, 2007 | Reply
how is it? works?
By calvyn on Aug 28, 2007 | Reply
still not yet, i still have part 2, b’cos the antena not attach to the aluminuim can yet…
By benben on Aug 28, 2007 | Reply
calvyn, later u get sue by Cantena.com…
By spookygrace on Aug 28, 2007 | Reply
is that works??? o.O?>~~~
By seraphangel on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply
what principle does it work off? guess you still don’t have results to show eh
By Nux on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply
Maxis is DAMN DAMN SUCKS ler…especially their customer service/helpdesk. I dunno how they can survive like dat?
Each time i log an issue, it was handled by diff person, and there is no follow-up. I hav to explain everything all over again to them. Sometimes i hav to do it for 3-4 times, and is wasting my time. Plus, they hav no KNOWLEDGE at all..STUPID MAXIS!
By calvyn on Aug 30, 2007 | Reply
spookygrace > This method are works…
Seraphangel > Bro, i just back from my KL travel, still dun have time to make it, but idea and concept already have
Nux > i totally agree with u
By Fahmishah on Sep 1, 2007 | Reply
Wow..i must try this method…thanks for the idea.
By calvyn on Sep 4, 2007 | Reply
Fahmishah > this method has been proven by a lot of network expert… no harm to have a try…happy DIY cantena…
By Benghan on Sep 4, 2007 | Reply
Horrrrrr ! I know the Brand Manager (He is my ex-client) of Iced Latte! I tell him that you make fun of his product ! LOL.
By Kesh on Sep 5, 2007 | Reply
Damn, looks unbelieveable.. faster faster find out the problem.. :p
By calvyn on Sep 5, 2007 | Reply
BengHan > haha…pls don’t leh…. i take it serious one, just copy their idea only…
By collince on Sep 6, 2007 | Reply
i’m collince from Pittsburgh pensylvania-usa; i wanna buy and try one of your cantena for wireless network; tell me how much it cost? my email is: meilleurc@yahoo.fr
By corrin on Sep 6, 2007 | Reply
Genius.
By å®èŒ¹ on Sep 8, 2007 | Reply
Wow~
By calvyn on Sep 9, 2007 | Reply
collince > this is not for sales, i just DIY my self and test out… after i prove it can use, i will let u know, probably i open factory to manufacture it
By Gregory Bloom on Sep 15, 2007 | Reply
Dude, there’s a little bit more that goes into antenna design. Check this out:
http://www.turnpoint.net/wireless/cantennahowto.html
By tanyouliang on Mar 26, 2008 | Reply
it wont work.
you’ll need to calculate the depth of the can and diameter to get the optimum wavelength.in fact.doing this could cause your wifi signal to be weaker not stronger.
By NOX on May 29, 2008 | Reply
Do you know what paraboloid reflector is?
By Ivan Ivanov on Apr 19, 2009 | Reply
You made a couple of mistakes in the implementation.
1. The cylinder and has to have a bottom and it has to have a metal coating.
2. The antenna itself has to go through the side perpendicular to the length of the cylinder (and thus be parallel to the bottom of the cylinder) and the distance between the antenna and the bottom of the cylinder is CRITICAL, and is calculated based on the frequency of the signal.
The way you’ve built it… the signal out of the small accesspoint dipole antenna is like a doughnut around the axis defined by the lenght of the antenna which is blocked by the cylinder in it’s entirety and turned into… a big mess.
Here’s how it’s done: http://www.turnpoint.net/wireless/cantennahowto.html