Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Extending Wireless Range

2008-11-25 Thread Philip Stubbs
2008/11/24 Paul Stimpson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, As someone said you could use cat5 cable at this distance (make sure it is exterior grade or it won't survive the elements outside) I recently bought one of these http://www.kenable.co.uk/product_info.php/products_id/1387 it works well with

[Hampshire] [OT] Extending Wireless Range

2008-11-24 Thread Philip Stubbs
Hi, My Mother-in-law as asked me to help her get onto the internet. Her brother has bought her a new laptop and I need to set it up. My Sister-in-law lives just nearby, and visitors to the Mother-in-law have been able to connect to the wireless router in the sister-in-law's house. Unfortunately,

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Extending Wireless Range

2008-11-24 Thread Bob Dunlop
Hi, On Mon, Nov 24 at 10:30, Philip Stubbs wrote: ... The router is a speedtouch 585v6. It is on a desk by a window in site of the Mother-in-law's house. The laptop is on a desk by a window in site of the window that the router is behind. The distance between the windows is (according to

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Extending Wireless Range

2008-11-24 Thread Alex Phillips
Philip Stubbs wrote: Hi, The router is a speedtouch 585v6. It is on a desk by a window in site of the Mother-in-law's house. The laptop is on a desk by a window in site of the window that the router is behind. The distance between the windows is (according to google maps) about 31 meters.

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Extending Wireless Range

2008-11-24 Thread Paul Stimpson
much improved results. Cheers, Paul. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -Original Message- From: Philip Stubbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:30:21 To: Hampshire LUG Discussion Listhampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Subject: [Hampshire] [OT] Extending Wireless Range Hi