Well what would be my best choice, for sharing a high speed connection between my friends house and mine. Now like i said it's about 400-500ft between our house's but the thing is there is some pretty thick woods in between us but i can still see his house. threw the brush, trees and what not. I have looked at a ton of different canntena's and other types of yagi antenna's...etc. i dont mind spending top dollar for results but i just dont want invest in all the antenna's and stuff for it not work, well at least from what i have heard wifi doesnt work very well threw trees .
The only thing i can think of is a 500ft Ethernet cord and yes they sell them...I don't know.... let me know what you think would be the best for me. I'm willing spend upwards to $500 for a working internet connection thats faster then dial up...even 56kbps. Oh and P.S. don't you think it's stupid that i cant get the only bought out town cable company to come hook up internet for me but they can 400ft away....
2007-10-08 00:05:32 · 6 answers · asked by Lemon Jelly 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
Can you see over the trees to your friends house from the highest point of your homes?
If so then all you need is a outdoor Point to Point bridge mounted on each roof pointed at each other and then a router in each home. Connect the bridge to each router using ethernet cable and that should do it.
You can even mount them higher if need be on polls....
Something like this:
http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=2&pid=303
2007-10-08 00:55:04 · answer #1 · answered by Taba 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I wouldn't use the ethernet cable; according to the 802.3 standards (using CAT-5 twisted pair cable) - Total distance between an Ethernet Transmitter and Receiver at the absolute end points of the network (maximum diameter from origin to final destination, if the wires were stretched out to form a straight line): 100 Meters (328 ft., 109 yds., or about the length of a football field). This limitation results from the timing of the Ethernet signals on the cable and not necessarily the cable characteristics, and is, therefore, a "hard" number.
Instead I'd investigate using wireless further. Try the link below
2007-10-08 00:40:48 · answer #2 · answered by Psycho 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Ethernet cable solution is fraught with pitfalls..
Including:
You can only push signals down 100m of ethernet cable (Cat5 or 6) before it starts to degrade. So if you want to do it this way, you're going to need some kind of powered repeater device (Like a network switch) about halfway down the run of the cable.
You will need to buy external grade cable, as standard Cat5 cable isn't U/V stable - The sheathing will start to become brittle with exposure to sunlight and variable temperature.
Your real problem for the antenna solution is, of course, the trees - All of the directed antenna solutions require a decent line-of-sight.
So it may be time to get out the chainsaw...
2007-10-08 00:23:42 · answer #3 · answered by Lowlevel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
500ft Ethernet cable- doubt it will work. And even if you do a signal, it will drop on you constantly. Cat5 cable just can't handle that kind of a distance (without a repeater).
2007-10-08 02:25:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd reccommend the Ethernet cable however if you have the resources... an opticle cable would be faster and more reliable... however the price jump i believe is rather large i haven't done a lot of research into the pricing and stuff
2007-10-08 00:10:47 · answer #5 · answered by JGamer 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
q-bridge. i just tested a pair that went more than a mile. plug and play. pricey
http://www.connexwireless.com/Q-Bridge/
2007-10-08 00:21:14 · answer #6 · answered by ecoandy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋