A roof wifi access point


So I had an old D-Link router (DI-624+) lying around that was replaced by a new Linksys WRT54GL and I though that maybe I could build a box and get it working from the roof of my house. This way I could access my LAN from a couple blocks away (I might start a wireless bridge with a friend of mine who lives nearby).

I went to ACE Home Center and bought a plastic organizer box, some 1/8 inch bolts with nuts and some plastic glue. Then, I took the router apart and screwed the its mainboard to the box. In the mean time I though that maybe I could install a computer's power supply in the box with it, so I could power further wifi projects with it using PoE. So I did and finally I got this mounted on my roof:



Finished installation on the roof.





Box internals. I took some of the power supply's cables out (12V, 5V, 3.3V and the other cables) and left a couple grounds, 5V and 12V. I put a power switch for the power supply by connecting the green cable with ground.

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