Set up help please.

Hi all.
Been trying to set up a wireless link and need to ask a few questions.
Browsed the web and found this place.
Looks promising!
Hope I don't bore you but I need to let you know what i've been trying to do and what kit I have to do it with.

I have a D-link AP-900+ in a bedroom with ethernet cable to a Orange ISP router. (Which come to think of it is set as a access point, is this right, it doesn't sound like it)
A mesh antenna (which I think is 5mbps??) is connected to the AP via a pigtail and approximately 8m CFD low loss of coaxial, this is mounted on a external wall.
I am attempting to send the signal approximately 40m to a brick building up the garden.
The setup is right as far as I know because when i'm close to the antenna I can log onto the network with my iPhone.
I walk up the garden and sometimes still get 2 out of three bars on my phone.
I have been in the building and been able to pick up the signal but it keeps dropping out.
Sometimes it isn't there at all.
Another niggle is, I put in the WEP key to be able to log on and it accepts it, I go out of range and come back into range and sometimes it will log on ok, sometimes it will let me put in the WEP key but tells me it was unable to log on and sometimes it wont give the option for a WEP key, it just says 'dismiss'.
This doesn't happen with my Orange wireless network.

The main thing I want is to be able to use my phone and a laptop.
I would like to know if this is likely to be a signal strength issue, a set up issue or whatever.

Kit I have at my disposal.
1. D-Link 900AP+
2. Mesh antenna (not sure of output but the mesh is approx 18" X10")
3. Alverion SU-RA-3.8 BreezeACCESS unit (whatever that is)
4. AirPoint Pro TOTAL (which i'd rather not use as I dont want to fix anything to the outside of the building up the garden).
5. D-Link DWL-G132 wireless USB adapter
I also remember using some software on a laptop that detected signal strength as you twist the antenna, can't remember what i was called though?

Forgive the length of my post and any confusion I may have caused.
It's been a long time since i've messed and my age is affecting my memory

Many thanks for taking a look.

if its 5.8 ghz, that's your problem.

get an antenna that you know works on 2.4 ghz and see what that does for you

Hi Mark.
Thanks for the reply.
Antenna, I probably have that wrong, I know it works with this set up as I used to have it set up over a 30m range and I got excellent signal.

Do I have the AP right? should it be set up as an access point when it is actually sending the signal?
I just reset the AP and ran the wizard.

detailed answer to your question here;

http://www.wirelessforums.org/how-to...one-65311.html

Ok, so I have it set in the right mode.
I have installed the USB adapter on the laptop in the garden building and at the same time I installed a wireless monitor software that showed the signal was between -88 and -82, pretty rubbish.
Would you expect the signal to be stronger considering the 45 m distance with clear sight?

If it is purely lack of power then I can stop messing with the AP and antenna and figure out what I could use to boost the signal.

I have a spare Linksys wireless router, can these be used as access points as well or are they purely routers?

antennas are what you use to boost signals. not amplifiers or repeaters or magic widgets.

this was covered in detail in the tutorial at the link above

OK, not to worry.
I've read through the tutorial, not all of us understands the jargon, that is why I came on here for help.
Had I have understood I wouldn't have asked the question.
Thanks for your time.