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could I use something like this - high power outdoor AP

Rob's out--he's at a meeting!

Again, the question is: range, and also: line of sight. "Down the block"--no trees, telephone poles and wires, houses, walls, etc?
 
hehe.. sorry for bailing. pretty clear line of site to the park area - no buildings, very few trees, but up a slight incline. maybe a few hundred meters as the crow flies.
 
You really can't...the solution is a point to point link with another AP at the pool.

The easy solution is a hot spot and VPN back to your network if you need LAN access.
 
ah rats. thanks for the advice.

I really just need to petition the HOA to install a hotpsot at the community center. I spoke with the ISP and they said we could get residential rates.
 
Would it be too expensive for your landlord to install a line between the router/switch to the AP? If it's under 100 metres in length, the Ethernet signal shouldn't degrade. It will be more expensive if fibre is used.

Other than that, line of sight may be the best option.
 
mammador said:
Would it be too expensive for your landlord to install a line between the router/switch to the AP? If it's under 100 metres in length, the Ethernet signal shouldn't degrade. It will be more expensive if fibre is used.

Other than that, line of sight may be the best option.
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I live in a house and I was trying to shoot wifi over to the community pool area for my use while the kids are swimming.

I thought I could install a high power AP outside the house & point it over to the pool area. But, I of course didn't think about communication back.

On a side point.. how do people implement something like this without a net connection on the other side?
 
robphelan said:
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On a side point.. how do people implement something like this without a net connection on the other side?
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With multiple computers on each side of the network using a basic point-to-point link, you would need a switch on both sides of the connection in order to get the machines to communicate with one another.

So if you had two networks segments (in the same subnet mind you so we don't also need routers) that needed to talk to one another (Net A & B), then you plug all Net A machines (and the Net A AP) into switch A and then plug all the Net B machines (and the Net B AP) into switch B. Then you point the two point-to-point links at each other and cross your fingers... 😉

In your case at the pool, you actually need a separate omni-directional AP installed near the pool area that picks up the wireless clients. That AP is then plugged into the pool switch WITH the pool point-to-point AP. I suppose you could directly connect the pool half of the point-to-point link directly to your laptop which would negate the use of the omni AP and then shoot your signal back to your house but this would be cheesy at best and only allow that one laptop access your network. This would not be recommending nor would it work without mounting this half of the link to a pole or mast.

As everyone has said, this isn't a trivial setup and will cost time and money. You would be better served using Verizon/ATT 3G/4G services for your wireless needs at the pool.
 
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buffalo airstation with 25db yagi will take you far since you can go 1 watt at slower speeds. it comes with 2db directionals out of the box which can do about 100ft outdoors
 
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