Distance between Linksys wrt45g routers is large, with huge barn between so wireless not very feasable option. Would like to share my DSL connection with our guest house but have not found a good way of connecting. Had thought of connecting antenna terminals directly using low loss coaxial cable...? any thoughts? This would be great if possible and would be a bit cheaper than some of the alternatives I have had suggested.
2006-07-12 09:29:00 · 3 answers · asked by alk99 7 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
Have thought of antennas outdoors, unfortunately I am in an area VERY prone to lightening strikes and fear the good health of my equipment.
2006-07-12 11:49:19 · update #1
We've got three systems engineers over here discussing your issue on a slow day. We've argued a bit, but reached a consensus:
1. A 350 meter run is far too long for Cat5e ethernet. Not an option.
2. Cat6 would give a more reliable signal, but you're still beyond the specs. At best, you'd get an intermittent, unreliable signal. Poor option.
3. The limits of coax are typically rated at 200 meters, though some say you can push that to 300. Even so, our cable expert here says it's a no-go. I hate to agree with him, but I do.
4. The classic suggestion is to go with fibre. (Which I assume you are trying to avoid due to cost). For that distance, it wouldn't even have to be a professional fibre job. You could probably cut it yourself and get a great signal. But, you've got the "bury the cable in PVC pipe" issue, just as you would with any cable solution.
5. My suggestion would be to use a wireless "signal extender" or wireless access point (WAP) in your barn. You could run ethernet to the barn from either direction (if its under 100 meters), hardwiring the WAP. Out in the country you shouldn't have a lot of interference. You might be able to make the 100-meter plus hop, or ethernet wire out to a second WAP from the other direction too. It would cost less than fibre, a lot less installation headaches, and if it worked, it would be more reliable than an "iffy" coax solution.
2006-07-12 10:00:35 · answer #1 · answered by antirion 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Can you get antennas up on poles so that you can run a wireless shot over the top of the barn? If so, all you will need is any decent unidirectional antenna at both ends. Yagi, "pringles" can, or parabolic dish will all work fine.
If that won't work, your only practical alternative is going to be fiber. Ethernet is out of the question as the cable length is a very strict 100 meters.
You might be able to work it with a double wireless shot. House to barn and then barn to guest house with an ethernet link in the barn connecting the two WAPs. You might be able to do this with just high-gain antennas on the WAPs which would probably be cheaper than the unis on poles.
2006-07-12 10:16:34 · answer #2 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you receives conflicts which will sluggish or maybe disrupt your connection in case you take advantage of two routers. purchase a prompt determination extender, this may stand on my own in a unmarried region and relay the relationship added. prompt is continually swifter than the genuinely internet connection.
2016-12-01 03:58:20 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋