Are you using the router antennas or have you fitted some external gain
antennas and what type(s).

I have used a couple of home made biquads which have a gain of about 10dB
and we have been getting reliable 6 Mbs links over some 300 odd yards with
intervening trees and wooden building. The AP is a DLink 604T and the
clients are simple Prism based USB adaptors mounted on the antenna. The AP
feeds a 10 dBi Omni with 3 yards of LMR400 coax so feedline losses are quite
low. We have even managed to reduce the AP output to about 25% from the
nominal 30 mw and still have a good margin even in a rainstorm. Provided you
lock the system down to lower speeds, the problems associated with
multipathing with reflections and not true LOS do not appear to be
significant. If it is only extending the DSL link, then even a 1 Mbs rate is
more than adequate.

Peter


"Scott Nagle" <nosoupforyou@someplace.net> wrote in message
news:cfKdnV_fN7g5F2jfRVn-qA@metrocastcablevision.com...
> Hi Everyone,
> I have two clients who are trying to expand their internet to another
> building - one case, from their mobile office to their house on the same
> property up on a hill, maybe 400 feet away, with trees in between. My
other
> case is similar, going from their house to their workshop, separated by
the
> same distance and obstacles... To share their cable/DSL, I've already
tried
> an upper-level $300 Belkin, I believe it was, wi-fi router which almost
made
> it (probably 75' from getting the lowest possible signal) and am looking
for
> suggestions. Wireless must be the only way to go and I'm guessing they'd
> need some sort of an outdoor access point to get the best range? Speed
isn't
> as important as range since it's only to be used for Internet... If they
can
> get 2-5mb, I'm sure that'd be plenty... I'm sure there are many similar
> posts out there but I can't find any as I'm not sure of the best
> wording/terminology to search for... If someone could assist, or point me
to
> a similar posting, I'd be very appreciative... I do know cat 5e and
> 802.11b/g networking, just haven't been asked to do it with such a large
> distance...
> Many thanks,
> Scott
>
>