Suggestions for Indoor wireless bridge 100 feet

I rented a small office (15x35) and warehouse (20x45). They are
separated by about 100 feet of space which is occupied by 5 other small
offices with walls made of sheetrock. Each location has 5 workstations
and a switch. I want to connect them using a wireless bridge so they
can do file sharing, printing, and share the broadband Internet
connection. I want to survey the area first to make sure wireless will
work. Would using a wireless access point and a laptop with a wireless
card give me an accurate estimate of the kind of signal I would get
with a wireless bridge? I am under the impression that bridges have a
much greater range. I was considering the Cisco 1300 series because
reliability is extremely important and I have seen Cisco WAP's
successfully replace linksys in problem areas. I've also heard that
their 1200 series AP's can work in bridge mode. So maybe that would be
an option. Any suggestions on how to approach this would be greatly
appreciated.

"Ned" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I rented a small office (15x35) and warehouse (20x45). They are
> separated by about 100 feet of space which is occupied by 5 other small
> offices with walls made of sheetrock. Each location has 5 workstations
> and a switch. I want to connect them using a wireless bridge so they
> can do file sharing, printing, and share the broadband Internet
> connection. I want to survey the area first to make sure wireless will
> work. Would using a wireless access point and a laptop with a wireless
> card give me an accurate estimate of the kind of signal I would get
> with a wireless bridge? I am under the impression that bridges have a
> much greater range. I was considering the Cisco 1300 series because
> reliability is extremely important and I have seen Cisco WAP's
> successfully replace linksys in problem areas. I've also heard that
> their 1200 series AP's can work in bridge mode. So maybe that would be
> an option. Any suggestions on how to approach this would be greatly
> appreciated.
>

I'm not answering your question as asked, but instead offering an alternate
solution to your problem.

Since there are obstacles between the two locations, how about going up the
wall on the exterior of both locations and above the roof get line of site
with your two antennas?

That's a great idea but it wouldn't work for me because the roof is 20
floors up and I don't think building management would allow it anyway.

Thanks