Suggestions on networking 2&3 story Condos

I am including a picture of the area I need to blanket with wifi. There will be only one cable internet connection originating from the north part of the complex and I need to blanket the existing units to the south and east with wifi access.

I will also need to implement some sort of login security management system as well... I have been doing some research and came up with Welcome to WiTopia >> Where Freedom and Security Meet to possibly solve the second problem, however I'm open to suggestion.

The main difficulty that I see is the buildings are 2 and 3 stories tall throughout and they are made of metal.

Here is an image of the project... this might help a bit....


Any suggestions in how to tackle this issue would be highly welcome.

Thank you in advance for any assistance... and I am very grateful for finding this wonderful resource.

Mark

Perhaps a mesh network is in order. I hope you have a lot of money to spend.

--- CHAS

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If it ain't broke, fix it till it is.

A highend mesh will need around 8-12 nodes per sqK and will cost around NZD$8K per node plus you will need at least one gateway and/or mesh controller. Not a cheap option when doing it like that but there are alternative options that aren't has well performing and aren't as hard on the pocket.

One such possible solution is to use the trusty old Linksys WRT54G and install some MESH solution onto it and start like that. It certainly won't perform like a professional system, but it will do most things and at around NZD$150-200 per router it makes an attractive solution financially.

There is plenty of info on linksysinfo about this technique.

Regards

Fred

I do appreciate you helping me out with this... I don't know what kind of access I have to the other buildings... so I'm not really sure how the LinkSys mesh would do.

Is there no way to use an antenna to broadcast the signal in those to general directions?

I think I might just opt out of this job as it seems to be a bit more of a challenge than I think I want to take on.

Mark