Validate my Wireless Infrastructure

[live4spd]

So I'm installing a new wireless infrastructure at my Uncle's. He has a good chunk of land and we have two buildings we would like to get wireless in. The main house is pretty easy; a normal router should cover it fine.

The second building is about 220 feet away and just needs wireless in the side that faces the house. There are no trees or anything in the way of the house to the building just plain line of sight. I'm planning on using a WGT54GL router and a Hawking exterior antennae to reach that building. It claims it can reach up to 1.5 miles so I figure it should work.

I've never done it but I'm planning on running DD-WRT on both routers and the secondary router which drives the outside antennae will just be an access point connected to the primary router with CAT5.

Hawking Antennae

Linksys Routers

What are your thoughts should this be adequate to get what I need. I'm mostly looking to share internet and probably a printer or two.

 

[mattyrug]

Are you just going to do a simple bridge (PtP?) or going to have a 3rd access point inside the 2nd location? or are you trying to shoot some wifi over to the 2nd location? I would personally stay away from that hawking for $50. Why don't you get yourself 2 Ubiquity Nanostations for $40-ish. They already have built in 9dB 60deg antennas, open source firmware, and they are tiny. Google Shopping 1st search result they can be had used with DD-WRT already for 1/2 of this. If it is that close (300ft is pretty far to go back through walls). 1 of these or the Ubiquity Bullet with a higher gain flat panel will do the trick.

If you are absolutely set on buying the Linksys then Try L-Com (formerly Hyperlink)l-com for a better antennas. Also while you are shopping there, get some weatherproofing! The cheezy silicone gaskets that ship with these "outdoor" Access Points do nothing.

The company I work for bought a bunch of those Hawking CPE antennas (5ghz Variant), and they were terrible. We replaced them all within 6 months. No matter what it says they are NOT meant for outdoors at all.

 

[live4spd]

I'm just trying to beam out the wireless from the one location. Thanks for the links, I'll check it out. The ptp devices might be worthwhile.