Looking for missing piece in WLAN long distance setup

Hello all,
I am attempting to setup a friend with a WLAN and I am stuck on one
last part. Here is the setup so far. The cable modem hookup is located
at the bottom of a hill. He is trying to get the wireless connection up
to the top of the hill through some dense foliage over ~400m. So I have
the cable modem connected to a wireless router which has an external
amplifier and a directional outdoor antenna pointing up the hill.

The good news is that I can get the signal at the top of the hill with
no problem. I verified this with my PDA. The bad news is that I need to
get that signal to his basement without any wires. The obvious thing
(moving the PC to where the signal is strong) is not an option. So I am
stuck on getting the signal that last little bit from the top of the
hill into his basement.

The options I was looking into were:
1)Repeater
2)Outdoor Antenna at house with wireless router
3)Wireless Bridge

These are the problems I have with each of these options:
1) To get the best performance, the repeater would have to be outside.
This is real tough because I cannot run any wires (for power) to it. I
did see a product by Meraki that is solar powered, but I don't believe
they are selling them yet.
2) The way I would want this to work is to have a router with two
antenna feeds, one for the outdoor antenna and the other for wireless
connections in the house. However, I don't believe one of these exists.
3) I did do a little googling about wireless bridges, but I am unable
to get my thick skull to figure out how to make them work for me.

So im looking for any help on how to make this work. I have included a
picture to make things more clear. The blue box with the ??? is the part
I am searching for, but it doesn't have to be a single unit. In the
picture, I am showing an antenna up at the house because that was my
original design. I believe I will keep it even though I am getting some
signal strength at the top of the hill.

Thanks in advance.


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On Aug 21, 8:49 am, bigeeguy <bigeeguy.2vn...@no-
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> Hello all,
> I am attempting to setup a friend with a WLAN and I am stuck on one
> last part. Here is the setup so far. The cable modem hookup is located
> at the bottom of a hill. He is trying to get the wireless connection up
> to the top of the hill through some dense foliage over ~400m. So I have
> the cable modem connected to a wireless router which has an external
> amplifier and a directional outdoor antenna pointing up the hill.
>
> The good news is that I can get the signal at the top of the hill with
> no problem. I verified this with my PDA. The bad news is that I need to
> get that signal to his basement without any wires. The obvious thing
> (moving the PC to where the signal is strong) is not an option. So I am
> stuck on getting the signal that last little bit from the top of the
> hill into his basement.
>
> The options I was looking into were:
> 1)Repeater
> 2)Outdoor Antenna at house with wireless router
> 3)Wireless Bridge
>
> These are the problems I have with each of these options:
> 1) To get the best performance, the repeater would have to be outside.
> This is real tough because I cannot run any wires (for power) to it. I
> did see a product by Meraki that is solar powered, but I don't believe
> they are selling them yet.
> 2) The way I would want this to work is to have a router with two
> antenna feeds, one for the outdoor antenna and the other for wireless
> connections in the house. However, I don't believe one of these exists.
> 3) I did do a little googling about wireless bridges, but I am unable
> to get my thick skull to figure out how to make them work for me.
>
> So im looking for any help on how to make this work. I have included a
> picture to make things more clear. The blue box with the ??? is the part
> I am searching for, but it doesn't have to be a single unit. In the
> picture, I am showing an antenna up at the house because that was my
> original design. I believe I will keep it even though I am getting some
> signal strength at the top of the hill.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
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try WDS.. from router to router...