david fraleigh <david_fraleigh@hotmail.com> fired this volley in
news:1337cb7e-ed48-46e9-bfe2-5d745a528bd6@f63g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:

> I have a workshop that is 300 feet from my house.. I want to set up a
> computer in it and access the same wireless signal that is currently
> in my house.. Currently I have a wireless G router and I am wondering
> whether I should switch to the newer wireless N system or whether I
> should stick with wireless G and try to make directional antennas out
> of cans (as described on the internet)..

As an aside to this -- I must live in an extremely RF-quiet area, even
considering the cell tower a mile from my house.

I live on 20 acres, with my shop a minimum of 500' from the nearest
neighbor's home. Yet, I routinely receive a wireless-G signal from one
of them at sufficient signal strength to sustain 10mb/s. I am _certain_
neither one of them has any technical expertice at all (neither could
drive a wheelbarrow without a co-pilot), and there are no directional
antennae aimed at my barn.

Hmmmm....

LLoyd