Re: Long Distance Wifi Network

jsquared71 wrote:
> I found this forum through a Google search for setting up a long-range
> wifi network. I would appreciate any help that could be provided.
>
> I am looking to set up a wireless network between two houses in the
> mountains. One house has Verizon DSL through a Westel VersaLink 327W
> DSL modem/router/WAP. The house where I would like to access the wifi
> network is a guest house that is approximately 500 ft straight line
> and about 30 feet down the mountain from the main house. There is a
> line of trees between the houses, but I can see one house from the
> other. I would like to connect several computers by wifi in the guest
> house. I have a Linksys WRT54G router that could be used at the
> receiving end if this would help.
>
> I have been searching the web for examples similar to what I am
> trying. Would two of these antennas ('JEFA Tech 12dBi 2.4GHz Mini
> Directional Antenna' (http://jefatech.com/product/MD24-12)) work for
> what I am trying to do? Would I need adapters for the routers on each
> end? If so, what kind of adapter? Any help would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
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I am assuming that there is already power from the main house to the guest
house (can be a sepate circuit, but hopefully only one electric meter for
both locations).... If not, then forget it, this won't work for you... I had
a wap/router in the house (hooked to a cable modem instead of dsl), and when
I wanted both wired and wireless in the guest house (800 ft away, but
already had electric cable underground from the house for power, but thru
trees that had a lot of foliage in the spring/summer- not good for
wireless), i got a pair (two in a box) of the netgear ethernet powerline
bridges (ethernet powerline bridge $99 at best buy
http://www.netgear.com/Products/Powe...tAdapters.aspx)
and put a second wap/router in the guest area (linksys wrt54g $48 at
walmart, plugged into the router part, dhcp server turned off, etc)... That
way had both wired and wireless in both the main house and the guest house.

Notice you left off where you were at... remember when you configure
wireless you have to account for what the foliage will be like year round,
rather than just what it is today