wifi between buildings
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Does anyone know of a ready made solution to beam a wifi signal between two buildings, say about 1/4 mile apart? I'm not keen on buying some directional antennas, opening up the router and soldering the necessary coax stuff, etc. I'd much prefer an off-the-shelf solution. Any links? Thanks! Marc
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Does anyone know of a ready made solution to beam a wifi signal between two buildings, say about 1/4 mile apart? I'm not keen on buying some directional antennas, opening up the router and soldering the necessary coax stuff, etc. I'd much prefer an off-the-shelf solution. Any links? Thanks! Marc
You could try bubbaing a pair of cantennas around the existing antennas with duck tape. More seriously an acquaintance of mine was using dedicated hardware for an IIRC (1mbit ish) fixed wireless hookup 2 or 3 years ago, DIY with a soldering iron would be an order of magnitude cheaper if it worked.
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You could try bubbaing a pair of cantennas around the existing antennas with duck tape. More seriously an acquaintance of mine was using dedicated hardware for an IIRC (1mbit ish) fixed wireless hookup 2 or 3 years ago, DIY with a soldering iron would be an order of magnitude cheaper if it worked.
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dan neely wrote:
DIY with a soldering iron would be an order of magnitude cheaper if it worked.
Well, if it were for me, I'd have fun, but this is for a client, and an order of magnitude cost difference justifies the risk in that "if it worked" :) Marc
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Does anyone know of a ready made solution to beam a wifi signal between two buildings, say about 1/4 mile apart? I'm not keen on buying some directional antennas, opening up the router and soldering the necessary coax stuff, etc. I'd much prefer an off-the-shelf solution. Any links? Thanks! Marc
I've used cantennas[^] for doing about an 1/8 of a mile wifi signal. They might have something off the shelf for you.
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I've used cantennas[^] for doing about an 1/8 of a mile wifi signal. They might have something off the shelf for you.
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Chris Austin wrote:
I've used cantennas[^]
Ah, I've seen that, but what I'm looking for is something where the folks in building B can all connect wirelessly to the router in building A. Marc
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Does anyone know of a ready made solution to beam a wifi signal between two buildings, say about 1/4 mile apart? I'm not keen on buying some directional antennas, opening up the router and soldering the necessary coax stuff, etc. I'd much prefer an off-the-shelf solution. Any links? Thanks! Marc
Marc Clifton wrote:
I'm not keen on buying some directional antennas, opening up the router and soldering the necessary coax stuff, etc.
What? I can't imagine why you'd need to open up the router. Can't you just attach a different antenna to it? Anyway, you might have better luck getting everyone in Building A to connect to a wireless network locally, and then bridging across to Building B with a dedicated high-power link. Trying to get a laptop/desktop signal a 1/4 mile is going to be a pretty tough order... I do something similar at home - although it's not a quarter mile. I use one of these[^] in my workshop, with a high-gain directional antenna connected to it, pointing back at the house. The back of the bridge connects to a small 5-port hub, and all my devices in the workshop are on the LAN/Internet. There are probably *much* better bridges available now and with a couple of high-gain directional antennas at each end, it might just work.
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Does anyone know of a ready made solution to beam a wifi signal between two buildings, say about 1/4 mile apart? I'm not keen on buying some directional antennas, opening up the router and soldering the necessary coax stuff, etc. I'd much prefer an off-the-shelf solution. Any links? Thanks! Marc
If you do find something that works 1) let me know because I could use something like that at home and 2) you might want to check that the equipment doesn't break any local or national laws.
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Marc Clifton wrote:
I'm not keen on buying some directional antennas, opening up the router and soldering the necessary coax stuff, etc.
What? I can't imagine why you'd need to open up the router. Can't you just attach a different antenna to it? Anyway, you might have better luck getting everyone in Building A to connect to a wireless network locally, and then bridging across to Building B with a dedicated high-power link. Trying to get a laptop/desktop signal a 1/4 mile is going to be a pretty tough order... I do something similar at home - although it's not a quarter mile. I use one of these[^] in my workshop, with a high-gain directional antenna connected to it, pointing back at the house. The back of the bridge connects to a small 5-port hub, and all my devices in the workshop are on the LAN/Internet. There are probably *much* better bridges available now and with a couple of high-gain directional antennas at each end, it might just work.
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modified on Thursday, April 2, 2009 3:27 PM
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Does anyone know of a ready made solution to beam a wifi signal between two buildings, say about 1/4 mile apart? I'm not keen on buying some directional antennas, opening up the router and soldering the necessary coax stuff, etc. I'd much prefer an off-the-shelf solution. Any links? Thanks! Marc
Take a look at www.radiolabs.com. I haven't tried them myself, but they do have the kind of thing you seem to be looking for. There's a limited amount you can do without a broadcast license, however I don't think a quarter mile should be very hard to do at all.
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Does anyone know of a ready made solution to beam a wifi signal between two buildings, say about 1/4 mile apart? I'm not keen on buying some directional antennas, opening up the router and soldering the necessary coax stuff, etc. I'd much prefer an off-the-shelf solution. Any links? Thanks! Marc
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Does anyone know of a ready made solution to beam a wifi signal between two buildings, say about 1/4 mile apart? I'm not keen on buying some directional antennas, opening up the router and soldering the necessary coax stuff, etc. I'd much prefer an off-the-shelf solution. Any links? Thanks! Marc
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Does anyone know of a ready made solution to beam a wifi signal between two buildings, say about 1/4 mile apart? I'm not keen on buying some directional antennas, opening up the router and soldering the necessary coax stuff, etc. I'd much prefer an off-the-shelf solution. Any links? Thanks! Marc
For a 1/4 mile I should think that sneaker-net would work just fine. I have a bunch of floppies if you want 'em. :-D
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For a 1/4 mile I should think that sneaker-net would work just fine. I have a bunch of floppies if you want 'em. :-D
You're hired! Now they need to ensure a 100Mbps connection which I figure means you'll need to deploy about 9 floppies worth in a half mile round trip every second. Are you sure you're up to the task?
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Chris Austin wrote:
I've used cantennas[^]
Ah, I've seen that, but what I'm looking for is something where the folks in building B can all connect wirelessly to the router in building A. Marc
setup two wireless routers between the buildings each pointed at the other with a cantenna.
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setup two wireless routers between the buildings each pointed at the other with a cantenna.
ahmed zahmed wrote:
setup two wireless routers between the buildings each pointed at the other with a cantenna.
Ah ha! ok, I didn't realize that would work. :doh: Marc
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Does anyone know of a ready made solution to beam a wifi signal between two buildings, say about 1/4 mile apart? I'm not keen on buying some directional antennas, opening up the router and soldering the necessary coax stuff, etc. I'd much prefer an off-the-shelf solution. Any links? Thanks! Marc
Look at Proxim.com. My first usable Internet link was 802.11b using an ORINOCO PCMCIA card with a jack for an external antenna. The link was 6 miles, and the performance excellent. The product changed ownership so many times I lost track of it, but Proxim was the last known representative, and I've had excellent tech support from them. Another source comes to mind, too. Moonblink.com specializes in rf link products, and I found some great antenna packages there at very reasonable prices.
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