wireless network between 2 houses 1

[chill99]

Hi,
I have just moved to a new house which is very close to my friends. we were thinking about how to link our networks together, wireless sounds a good idea but non of us know anything about wireless. can we use a wierless access point in each house to brige the gap??

we live within 300meters straight line distance of each outher.

can anyone help expalne wireless alittle more, can somebody recomend a solution, please give details of product makes/modles if posible

thanks

 

[mpennac]

Connecting your two houses is pretty painless. The LinkSys WAP11 is a good access point to use for setting up such a connection. CompUSA lists them for about $99 each. The key to these access points is that they allow bridging.

Put one access point at one of the houses and connect it to the hub or switch at that house. Put the other access point at the other house and connect it to the hub at that location. Run the configuration utility for each access point and specify bridging mode. You will probably have to specify the MAC address of the other end of the connection when setting up the bridging mode. This address should be printed on the bottom of the access point on the other end of the connection.

If you can't get the range out of the antennas that come with the units, check out

http://www.hyperlinktech.com.

The have a wide range of antennas for 2.4Ghz systems. The type of antenna you want is a Yagi antenna. These are very directional and can significantly improve the range of the access point. Aim the two antennas at each other and you are all set. If you want to save some money, you can find instructions on how to convert a Pringles can into a directional antenna. If you use the Yagi antenna, keep the coax cable run short between the antenna and the access point. To much cable will result in a loss of power at the antenna. You may have to turn diversity off on the access point. This tells the AP to not use both antennas. You will need to specify which connector you hooked the external antenna to.

Hopefully I didn't make it sound too complicated. They are really simple to set up and it makes a great way to connect two locations.

mpennac

http://www.netprospecialists.com

 

[chill99]

yeh that sounds verry easy thanks for your help,

 

[chill99]

is it also posible to connect 2 houses that are 1km appart with out direct line of sight? could you again recoment product modles/makes and estimated prices

thankyou v.much

 

[manarth]

chill99 - IEEE 802.11a, .11b and .11g all specify line-of-sight (the frequencies used can only do line-of-sight).

if they're more than 1km, perhaps a base relay station on a hill would do the trick (again, yagi's all the way...), or use a wired connection (or have both connecting to the internet via DSL, then connect the 2 sites via VPN).

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[jimbopalmer]

Using solid 24 dBi 2 meter dishes doing one hop off a mountian peak, I have a 7 mile 802.11b connection. But realize you need electricty and poles up there, and your throughput will be at least half of direct line of sight.

I tried to remain child-like, all I acheived was childish.

 

[NTesla]

What I want to do is simialer except that I'm not the buildings are not right next door and not in-line of site of each other.

Here is my situation. I have cable internet access networked (hardwired not wireless) though Linksys Router and switches. I also have a notebook that I take to work with me. The notebook is setup for the network all I have to do is plug the cable in and I'm connected. I also have a dial up account that I use to connect to the internet when I'm at work. However do to circumstances beyond my control I cannot connect higher than 28.8 though the phone line at work. I would like to get rid of the dial up account.

What I was hopeing for is something along the line of plugging a device into my router at home and plugging a device into my notebook at work and be connected to the internet, and connect normally at home.

I work approxiamtly 5 miles form house, right outside a small city (just inside the county lines). Is this possible to do? If so how, and approxiamtly how much will it cost?

 

[bcastner]

It would cost a fortune. Certainly a lot much more than adding DSL or cable service at work.