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Old 11-14-2011, 09:22 PM
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Default Connecting to home wifi- which is 30m away from home

Hi (my first thread )

Heres the situation:

Recently I got a building built at the end of my garden about 30 metres away. I want to be able to access my home wifi down there and only get a really weak connection if I hold my laptop up high above my head. Theres quite a steep drop from my house to the bottom of my garden. I want to be able to connect from different computers/ laptops in my shed which is 30 metres away through wireless.Any suggestions you know that work. So far I have though about:

*Getting a new router as I have an old Belkin one (802.11g)
*Using homeplugs, (the shed uses the same electricity mains but has a sub- fusebox so I dont know if it would work)
* Ethernet cable from home to shed and put a second router in shed (though its quite a drop and I dont know if you can have a second router- also 30 metres of ethernet cable!)
*Wifi repeater (though it would have to go next to my router as the router is as close as possible to shed - 30 metres away!

*Any other suggestions/ reccomendations!

So I really want to be able to access internet but want the most reliable, quickest, cheapest (possibly), easiest method which will last. Any suggestions would be very useful. Thanks
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Old 11-14-2011, 10:39 PM
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ethernet cable is good for 100 meters.

homeplugs doesn't care about fuseboxes. it gets lost in transformers

I would use a yagi antenna and a wireless bridge and another wireless router, but I'm a geek and have boxes of each.

cheapest (possibly), easiest method : CAT5 cable
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Old 11-18-2011, 07:20 AM
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Hey Mark, thank you so much for being one of the main information sources on these forums. Ive read over your 101 & 103, granted its late and Ive had a couple drinks while trying to research a solution to my problem.

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Ive read some about connecting 2 wireless routers together but have yet to attempt it. I added 2 high gain antennas to the router inside the house, the signal cuts out just inside the main gate of the warehouse. I need to extend it inside another 10 feet or so, plus get through a drywall, with enough strength to allow 3-5 connected users to the web and network. Seems the boss had Ethernet ran from main building to the warehouse but very limited connectivity (and cuts out completely).

I have a decent understanding of computers and router settings.
Can you recommend a solution for me please.

Again, thank you for your time and knowledge.
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