DIY: Prolink H6300G Fan Added

It was a boring day, so i surf the net just to fill up my free time with sumthing useful. Luckily on the afternoon, I had a chance to chat with two of DIY"ers" friends on the irc. So one of them make me felt like it's a good time to start modify my router because the router's temp is quite hot when I let it run for 24/7.

So I start with open up the case, it's look clean and untouch! haha.. so I could say it's virginity will be rip out by me~! I'm going to rape my router! oyeh oyeh~!
So first things first, I need a fan. I take my old pc(very very old one) and take out the power supply. So I have one fan. Now I have to make the router upper case some hole so that the fan can blow some cool air into the router.

Finally, this is the best I can do right now. Due to lack of tools and experience, this is the best I can do. Here is the final product I have made:

the red circle is where the fan's will get the power.

This is the final progress~!

I'm glad cause I will not have any issue with heat anymore with my modified prolink H6300G. Thanks to mypapit and amet_ for the advise and tips.

P/S: the air ventilation is already provided by the prolink H6300G's casing. So no need to make any adjustment on the out-flow. Now it's working like a charm without any disconnection due to high-temperature.

DIY: Wireless Booster~!! Try It!!!!

Stuck at low WiFi signal strength?
I have a D-Link Wireless G Router DI-524 in my room which connected to my Local Area Network Card Adapter with SpeedBooster is located in my room and connected to the internet throught the Aztech Wireless USB. I always get really low signal strength, around 5.5Mbps to 11Mbps. I have bought some D-Link 5dBi High Gain Antenna with SMA and TNC connector, I’ve tried them both on router and my PC, I got few extra boost in signal. I think these antennas are way overpriced, so I gotta return them to shop.

After asking few help, I come up with few solutions. I upgraded the router build-in firmware to HyperWRT v.2 firmware and boost the Transmit Power from 50% to 100% in Advanced Wireless Settings. This is the first solution I got so far, it did improved wifi signal a little bit.

I googled around and found a cheap (but effective) way to boost up my router signal by making a DIY 10dBi Corner Reflector antenna through this site’s instructions. It took me one hour max to finish the 2 antennas. This DIY project is so simple and easy. Now, I fully get up to 54Mbps and 90% signal strength. All this works saved me hundred of dollars on those High Gain Antennas.

This is the result that I recieved and tested on Windows machine. May be you wont believe it, but I highly recommend all user to try it to believe it. It really work out of the box.. Why do you have to pay 30 ringgit just to have 10%-20% extended area coverage while you can have 50%-60% extended wireless coverage by do-it-yourself at home?

above: Connection before using aluminium foil. Tested on Windows OS.


above: After using aluminium foil. You can see the signal just boost 50% from before.