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> Hi.
>
> I am attempting to wirelessly network two houses. They are about 200
> ft. apart, with a clear shot from the east wall of the transmitting
> house to the west wall of the receiving house. I am using a D-Link
> DI-624 router that I will extend to the east wall of the transmitting
> house via Cat5. At the other house, I have just installed a D-Link
> DWL-AB520, which has a 6-ft. cabled dipole antenna. I'd like to be
> able to extend that antenna to the west wall of the receiving house,
> but the antenna cord is too short.
>
> Is there some place I can find a cable extension or something of the
> sort that might allow me to place that antenna about 20 ft. from the
> receiving computer?
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
Yes you can buy antenna cables and extensions. However you want to keep the
antenna cable length as short as possible to minimize the signal loss.
But I see that your second device isa PCI card for one of your PCs. You
could use a USB wi-fi adapter instead that would give you 15 feet of max
cable length.
Suggest you consider another D-Link access point that can act as a client
and then connect to your PC via ethernet. Then you could also add a
directional antenna if necessary.
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