router range?

Thanks to answerers to my "cordless phone interference" post.

We have a summer cottage. With cable TV - provider also offers
internet.

Family members have homes about 50 and 125 feet away respectively All
one floor. Flat land, no intervening bushes or obstructions. No
significant metal, etc in any house.

If we put broadband and router in our cottage, will a router, or some
routers, reach to either or both other houses? If so, under what
conditions. What routers?

Brad

Hi,

Most wireless routers can reach more than 200 feet in open space, and
in your case you should put that router where you can sea all other
homes closer to the window.

ZyXEL G-2000 plus is a powerfull wireless router.

You can still consider MIMO wireless Routers with MIMO wireless PCI or
PCMCIA cards for PCs or Notebooks in the other homes.

www.networkingland.com/wifi_special.com

In most wireless cases a site survey will be more professional.

Naim

www.networkingland.com





avalanche* wrote:
> Thanks to answerers to my "cordless phone interference" post.
>
> We have a summer cottage. With cable TV - provider also offers
> internet.
>
> Family members have homes about 50 and 125 feet away respectively All
> one floor. Flat land, no intervening bushes or obstructions. No
> significant metal, etc in any house.
>
> If we put broadband and router in our cottage, will a router, or some
> routers, reach to either or both other houses? If so, under what
> conditions. What routers?
>
> Brad

Sorry ,

the correct MIMO link is :

http://www.networkingland.com/wifi_special.htm

Naim



Panda wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Most wireless routers can reach more than 200 feet in open space, and
> in your case you should put that router where you can sea all other
> homes closer to the window.
>
> ZyXEL G-2000 plus is a powerfull wireless router.
>
> You can still consider MIMO wireless Routers with MIMO wireless PCI or
> PCMCIA cards for PCs or Notebooks in the other homes.
>
> www.networkingland.com/wifi_special.com
>
> In most wireless cases a site survey will be more professional.
>
> Naim
>
> www.networkingland.com
>
>
>
>
>
> avalanche* wrote:
> > Thanks to answerers to my "cordless phone interference" post.
> >
> > We have a summer cottage. With cable TV - provider also offers
> > internet.
> >
> > Family members have homes about 50 and 125 feet away respectively All
> > one floor. Flat land, no intervening bushes or obstructions. No
> > significant metal, etc in any house.
> >
> > If we put broadband and router in our cottage, will a router, or some
> > routers, reach to either or both other houses? If so, under what
> > conditions. What routers?
> >
> > Brad

avalanche* <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> We have a summer cottage. With cable TV - provider also offers
> internet.

> Family members have homes about 50 and 125 feet away respectively All
> one floor. Flat land, no intervening bushes or obstructions. No
> significant metal, etc in any house.

50 feet could work to a fixed PC, with the router and PC both having
directional antennas. 125 feet, through exterior walls, would be a little
more difficult. That might need antennas in windows, or outdoors.
At the client end, either a "game adapter" or a USB unit could be
positioned as needed.

Either of these solutions would be to a single PC in that location, not a
bridging router to more PCs.

A better solution might be a powerline adapter. If all three houses get
their feed from the same transformer, they might work, and be more stable
than WiFi. http://shop3.outpost.com/product/4901711
http://www.netgear.com/Solutions/Hom...etworking.aspx


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On Sun, 03 Dec 2006 21:36:57 -0500, avalanche* <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote in <(E-Mail Removed)>:

>Thanks to answerers to my "cordless phone interference" post.
>
>We have a summer cottage. With cable TV - provider also offers
>internet.
>
>Family members have homes about 50 and 125 feet away respectively All
>one floor. Flat land, no intervening bushes or obstructions. No
>significant metal, etc in any house.
>
>If we put broadband and router in our cottage, will a router, or some
>routers, reach to either or both other houses? If so, under what
>conditions. What routers?

I'd go with a (single) Buffalo router in the main location, and Buffalo
Ethernet (client) bridges in the satellite locations. Be prepared if
necessary to use a high-gain omni antenna in the main location, and/or
high-gain directional reflectors or antennas in the satellite locations.

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