how do i extend my networking past 300 feet?

Question

Im in iraq and am trying to extend our networking capabilities past 300ft using wireless routers and ethernet cable, need help.

Answer 1

Yeah you can simply use an access point or a wireless repeater or a combination of both. There are several types of access points and repeaters on the market. Repeaters can take in signals and simply repeat the signal. You can expect a range boost of about 160% or so.

Of course the downside is throughput on your network. However it is an effective way to extend you WLAN to reach several people and get longer distances.

I have included a link where they talk a little about it plus a link where you can buy some of the stuff mentioned.

Enjoy!

Answer 2

At the end of the 300ft or a little less, you can add a Transceiver. The device will help you extend the effective distance of your ethernet network.

Alternatively, you could simply add a Wireless Access Point and perhaps a Wireless LAN booster also (if the law over there permits it) to the Wireless AP. This will greatly extend the effective distance of your ethernet network.

For the 2nd option, what you need do is: Plug the 300ft ethernet cable (Cat5 UTP) to the Wireless AP, configure the AP so that all your PCs beyond the 300ft can use wireless adapter cards to access the ethernet network via the AP. Alternatively, configure the AP just mentioned as a Bridge (buy an AP with the bridge feature) and setup a 2nd AP also as a bridge (you will need to input the MAC address of each one of the APs in the other ones configuration). Use point-to-point antennas for the 2 APs facing each other at line of sight. Then use Cat5 ethernet cable from the 2nd AP to a switch that serves all your PC at the distance location.

I hope the above helps. If you need more help kindly ask.

Answer 3

Yes to both, using separately powered hub or repeater near the end of 300ft, for wireless, slave the home router to the main router that contains the Internet setup.

Answer 4

its not practical to use either cable or wireless beyond 300ft, the data loss and errors will cause great slowdown. To set up a practical wireless network, you need to run at either 2.8GHz, or 5.4GHz .... it is possible to achieve connections at greater than 300 ft easily with a 2.8 GHz network, but you will need a different wireless card than is available in OEM computers ... the cheapest solution is running fiber to access points and locate a wifi access point at that location to service several users.

also, you might want to look into a grid network where you use several access points to piggyback off each other and pass the network along. see www.ydi.com

Answer 5

There is a commerical device called a "Cantenna". It started life as a Princal Potato Chip can.
Here is the home made version also.

Good luck and keep your head down.

Answer 6

get a longer cable

Answer 7

I was gonna tell ya, until you said you're in EyeRack.