200 FT wireless connection?

[svenski]

I need to spread reasonably reliable wireless across a ~200ft gap with a few walls and trees in between. I have a WRT54G v4 router running Tomato firmware and need to figure out what hardware I need to ensure that a stable connection is available to the furthest wireless client. No wired connection is available in the top building. Does anyone have a suggestion for how to solve this? I have three of these, if it helps. But I tried them and the signal seems pretty poor. I am willing to buy new hardware to accomplish this.

Here is an accurately scaled map showing the buildings and current setup:

 

[mxnerd]

Try this.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16833168033

Newegg does not have it anymore. Amazon did.

http://www.amazon.com/EnGenius...&qid=1228431885&sr=1-2

 

[VirtualLarry]

Sounds like you need a WDS network, with multiple WDS nodes acting as wireless repeaters.

 

[JackMDS]

Welcome to AnandTech Forums.

You would have to lay a cable in one location all the way to an high window that faces the second part of the building.

Same thing in the second Building a cable to a windows that faces the Windows with the source AP.

Then get two strong Pro Access Points. Put an High Gain Unidirectional Antenna on each, point them one to the other, and pray that it would go through the trees.

Once the two building are Wirelessly Bridged you can do inside what ever you want.

 

[ScottMac]

Originally posted by: svenski
I need to spread reasonably reliable wireless across a ~200ft gap with a few walls and trees in between. I have a WRT54G v4 router running Tomato firmware and need to figure out what hardware I need to ensure that a stable connection is available to the furthest wireless client. No wired connection is available in the top building. Does anyone have a suggestion for how to solve this? I have three of these, if it helps. But I tried them and the signal seems pretty poor. I am willing to buy new hardware to accomplish this.

Here is an accurately scaled map showing the buildings and current setup:

This will be the problem. Line of Sight is required, especially at this distance. The trees are likely to be your biggest problem. Trees eat 2.4GHz ... all of it... even thin trees /
"a few leaves" ... Very Bad Thing.

Good Luck
Scott

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[Shakeout]

I had a semilar issue, I ended up using some cheap weather proof APs so that i could mount them on top of the building above the trees and get LoS.

 

[bobdole369]

"a few leaves" ... Very Bad Thing.

Trees grow too and wipe out your line of sight - with their evil 2.4ghz absorbing leaves.

 

[cparker]

" a few walls and trees in between"

Unless you can get your transceivers within visual line of sight you will probably waste a lot of time and money trying to get this to work. Maybe a few leaves in the way might still be workable, but anything more at 2.4 ghz will kill your signal.