That is a great suggestion, but, unfortunately the shop building is on a
different meter owned by the same person.

jm



"Peter Pan" <PeterPanNOSPAM@AkamailNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
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> JM wrote:
>> The info:
>>
>> Two buildings - a two-story house and a 3-room shop, approximately
>> 150 ft apart.
>> We need internet in the shop.
>> There is cable modem and a Belkin wireless router in the house (not
>> sure of model or firmware, but can get it tonight if needed)
>> The cable modem and Belkin are on the opposite side of the house from
>> the shop, about 4 rooms and 4-5 walls deep
>> At this time laptops will not pick up the Belkin's signal in the shop.
>
>
> Are they on the same electrical service (same meter, not breaker)? if so,
> instead of wireless you may want to consider a powerline ethernet bridge,
> under $100, you can put a wap/router in the shop and have both wired and
> wireless..
> http://www.netgear.com/Products/Powe...tAdapters.aspx
> up to 85 Mbps (faster than plain old wireless)
>