Pi Project: create a range extender

[dhubs]

good day dear experts hello dear linux-friends,

i am about to create an outdoor Wi-Fi range extender with a Raspberry Pi,
well i am willing to create a Raspberry Pi with built-in Wi-Fi or a USB Wi-Fi adapter.

background: i have here some pis laying round here - and i want to create something useful.

i think i ll need to configure it as a repeater using the hostapd and wpa_supplicant software to receive, amplify, and rebroadcast the existing Wi-Fi signal.
Well i think i want to set up a DIY (do-it-yourself) solution, since i am willing to dive into the raspi-technique. That said - i think that
a commercially available universal outdoor Wi-Fi repeater is often more cost-effective and perhaps more stable.

i guess that i need such Hardware Requirements:
a Raspberry Pi: A Raspberry Pi model with built-in Wi-Fi
a external Wi-Fi adapter: my Raspberry Pi should have a built-in Wi-Fi, or i'll need an external Wi-Fi adapter that connects to the USB port. Besides this i think i ll need a Power supply and - of f course - a tiny SD card: (and of corse a power supply and an SD card with Raspberry Pi OS)

i think i need to set up Wi-Fi connectivity: here i need to ensure that the Raspberry Pi is able to connect to the existing Wi-Fi network.
Install software: Install the necessary packages for repeater operation:

on hostapd: i ll need the access point that broadcasts the amplified Wi-Fi network.
wpa_supplicant: this allows the Raspberry Pi to connect to the existing router as a client.


does anyboda have any experience on that firld!=

 

[Trml]

The power consumption of a PI, even if it is low already, is higher than that of basic regular extenders in my experience.

But why do you open parallel threads for closely related topics?

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Thread 'several old Raspberry Pi lying around here: how to set up a (mobile) wifi-router...?'

Sep 22, 2025

good evening dear friends,

...well - a Raspberry Pi can be used for a whole lot of different sorts of projects - and i think about some nice winter projects.
That said: i have several Raspberry Pi lying around here - so i guess that i would be able to put it to good use.

...what about the creation of a little travel companion:

Did you ever thought - of creating a Raspberry Pi into a photo backup hub: This would mean that i would get a nice little travel companion,
the background: while traveling, I often take a whole lot of photos. And sometimes i wonder how to backup them...

• dhubs
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• Forum: Single board computers

 

[dhubs]

good morning dear Trml


note: at the moment i am a bit short of time. Will answer more thourughly later the weekend.

first of all many thanks for the reply - and for sharing your thoughts.

The power consumption of a PI, even if it is low already, is higher than that of basic regular extenders in my experience.
But why do you open parallel threads for closely related topics?

Sooorry - i was not aware - i will stop of writing in parallel.

greetings