JM wrote:
> That is a great suggestion, but, unfortunately the shop building is
> on a different meter owned by the same person.
>
> jm
>
About where are you located at? (just general is fine), I started with
wireless to my shop, but was in northern Idaho, and during the winter, when
it snowed (about 38" on the ground), and the steep metal snow roofs, piled
snow even higher by the outsides of the buildings and blocked the fresnel
zone (wireless bridge beam spreads out and you need a certain amount of
clearance, things like snow and growing vegetation can really screw wireless
up)... any chance that you can bury a low voltage direct burial utility
cable? (not that much, 10 pair was about $100, and you can add
phone/intercom/etc).. Or maybe even coax like for TV? If no metal roof, how
about directional to directional on the roof or outside walls? Actually
wireless was the first thing I tried, then a utility cable, and finally bit
the bullet and ran a direct burial power cable (wanted to play/learn arc
welding and had to run extra power).. I'd just hate to suggest the wireless
bridge unless I was pretty sure that nothing would bite you in the butt, so
I'm trying to give you alternatives. Obviously my plan a was wireless,
trying to save you from being unhappy with it and going to plan b or c or d
etc.....
Actually, the powerline network/same meter isn't exactly correct, it needs
to be on the same leg off a transformer, but for 99% of the people, they
hopefully understand that one meter just means you can have multiple
circuits/circuit breakers inside the house. Hard to say how things are in
your area.. I have seen some places with one transformer per meter/house,
and others with several meters/houses off one transformer, and some
apartment buildings that have dozens, all off the same transformer, but
separate meters. So there is some possibility it may still work for you
>
>
> "Peter Pan" <PeterPanNOSPAM@AkamailNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
> news:09GdnUG8edCrEAPbnZ2dnUVZ_rK3nZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>> 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) 
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