On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:35:31 -0400, "Peter Pan"
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>"Char Jackson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:29:29 -0500, Charlie Hoffpauir
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
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>>>My situation is that I'd like to be able to connect wirelessly to my
>>>home LAN from my shop, which is out in the back of my yard. My router
>>>is a Cradlepoint MBR1000. located on the oposite side of the house
>>>from the shop (located there because I need that location for optimum
>>>reception of the 3G I use for internet access). I currently am using a
>>>Netgear Wireless USB adapter (WG111v2) with my notebook, but it won't
>>>reach from the shop to the router. The notebook has an internal WiFi,
>>>but it won't connect either.
>>>
>>>I'm looking for an alternative, (hopefully an inexpensive one), to the
>>>setup I now am using that will allow a good connection to the router.
>>>I thought maybe a different USB adapter, one with an external,
>>>directional antenna, might work, but have no idea which one to try.
>>>Any suggestions appreciated.
>>>
>>>BTW, I'm "almost" able to connect with what I have.... I've walked the
>>>notebook out and I lose connection about half way to the shop.
>>
>> I understand that you want wireless connectivity in the shop, but does
>> the link from the house to the shop also have to be wireless? If
>> possible, a cable running from the house to the shop, terminated at an
>> Access Point in the shop, would probably work best, but it assumes you
>> can run such a cable.
>>
>> Plan B might be to run a cable from the far end of the house, where
>> the current networking gear is, to the end of the house nearest to the
>> shop, then put an Access Point there. If you can almost connect from
>> the shop through multiple walls of the house, you might have a good
>> chance of connecting through a single wall.
>>
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>or consider a plan c (a bit more) assuming you have power in the shop, you
>can do powerline networking, and use that as input to another wap (or wap
>router)
>(sort of the same as above, but using powerline instead of a cable)
>
>just out of curiosity, what area do you live in? (ie region) i tried
>wireless from my house to shop (norther idaho), and all was fine at first,
>but enuf green stuff during the summer, and snow/ice in the wintermade me
>consider plan c (power to the shop came from the house)
I've never used powerline, so that is an option I should consider.
I live just south of Houston, so winter (both weeks of it) isn't
really a problem, and there are no trees between the house and the
shop (but there are some low shrubs that shouldn't affect line of
sight).
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Charlie Hoffpauir
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