150m network

Hi.

I've been tasked with adding a PC to a network with a 150m gap
between them. There's also one brick wall and a chunk of
landscape between, so there's no line of sight. The existing
wireless router is garden variety D-Link, and I lose signal around
20m from the building that it is in. There's just open ground
between the two locations, i.e. there's no middle area that I can
install any equipment in.

Is there a 'standard' wireless solution for this? My thoughts are
to go with a D-Link DWL-G810 at the remote end, use the existing
wireless router (DSL-G624T) where it is, and use a couple of
high-gain antennas. But I don't know (a) how high the antenna
gain needs to be, and (b) if I'm wasting my time anyway because
there's just too much stuff between the two.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,
Colin

On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 19:52:05 +0100, Colin MacDonald
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>I've been tasked with adding a PC to a network with a 150m gap
>between them. There's also one brick wall and a chunk of
>landscape between, so there's no line of sight. The existing
>wireless router is garden variety D-Link, and I lose signal around
>20m from the building that it is in. There's just open ground
>between the two locations, i.e. there's no middle area that I can
>install any equipment in.
>
>Is there a 'standard' wireless solution for this? My thoughts are
>to go with a D-Link DWL-G810 at the remote end, use the existing
>wireless router (DSL-G624T) where it is, and use a couple of
>high-gain antennas. But I don't know (a) how high the antenna
>gain needs to be, and (b) if I'm wasting my time anyway because
>there's just too much stuff between the two.

Start by just trying a high-gain directional antenna on the PC, on the
order of 12 dBi or more.

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Colin MacDonald <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>There's one brick wall

Forget it, you need to go around or thru or something else.