i have set up a wireless bridge in the past between offices that worked very well. a couple of inexpensive linksys bridge boxes and a couple of directional antennae which i mounted outside. the whole setup cost maybe $200-300 which was a lot less than burying a cable. don't know if an exterior installation is an option for you, but if you have line of sight through a window, it would probably work.
all the best, lanny goodman albuquerque On 1/27/08 10:38 AM, "Steve Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stephen/Owen - > > You reported some pretty amazing results using a directional antennae > with 802.11g 6 months or more ago. > > I'm trying to solve a problem for my mother-in-law (pressure is ON) > where she formerly picked up her network via 802.11g from her son's > house about 100ft from hers. > > A few weeks ago something changed abruptly and the apparent signal at > her house (in the window facing the window his router is in) dropped > from marginal to abysmal... basically she can no longer get network > from the wireless from inside her house. > > I'm looking at the possibility of repeaters and of external antenna(e), > etc. I haven't seen the router, it was provided by Qwest and doesn't > sound like a Linksys from her description. They've done some channel > hopping on the off chance it was just interference, with no results. > > Both houses may be "well shielded"... he is an architect/builder and I'm > pretty sure used reflective-foil fiberglass insulation in his walls and > he clad her entire house in corrugated steel. This is why I wasn't > surprised before when she had to go to a window in her house to get his > signal. Actually I was surprised she got anything at all. > > These two psuedo-faraday-cage houses are why I imagined a repeater (in > her window) and possibly a directional antennae (in his window) would > likely do the trick. > > Any thoughts/ideas/observations? As much as I like to experiment, I > don't like doing it in front of my in-laws (I'm probably about to find > out they are subscribers to this list!) > > - Steve > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
