-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Juan Alberto Cirez wrote: > Hello fellas, > > I have a question: It's not necessarily Linux (or it could be depending > on where you sit). I am looking for a way to extend the range of a > wireless access point to cover several buildings. Here is the setup: > > --The Pouter/Access Point is inside the main house. > --I have a shop about 50 meters from the house with a PC that I want to > connect to the network (Using an Ethernet/Wired connection between the > shop and the router is out of the question; so don't suggest that) > --There is a barn about 150m - 200m from the main house (or 100m - 150m) > from the shop. > --I want to connect both the shop and the barn to the Access Point > inside the house. > > Right now I'm thinking a) wifi range extenders or b) wifi > amplifiers....HELP > Like John said, directional antennas would be the simplest option. If you had reliable power to the barn you put a wifi AP that supports WDS (basically it is an AP with its backhaul on the same wireless network). I have done a lot of point to point with wireless, but I had a decent budget to work with.
The most cost effective solution for you would be to buy a Linksys router that you can load an open source firmware like openwrt. Then when you create the AP you want the option that has WDS. Check the documentation at http://www.openwrt.org for more details. You could also do this manually with a linux box and a supported wifi card. I know that the voyage Linux default interfaces.conf file has some good examples (http://linux.voyage.hk/). Hth, -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkqts2EACgkQwRXgH3rKGfPPpACaAmhUM+g7oyimz5kpqLN6RIgQ GLMAnAxx2zrXNFereAzyLYCgsnYI8fwh =Pfxy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
