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Old 11-11-2007, 12:37 PM
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Right here is my problem.

I want to connect to my home wifi in a building (X) 330m away from my
house. There is a four story building in the way (A).If I put a cantenna
on top of building A which is aimed at my house with the wifi, and
connect it to another cantenna aimed at building(X) would I be able to
receive wifi in building X. I don't want to have anything but a laptop
to receive the wifi in building X. Is this possible?Would I need a
cantenna on my house aswell?

Please be aware I am on a very tight budget.

Thanks.


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Old 11-11-2007, 05:49 PM
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networknewbie wrote:
> Please be aware I am on a very tight budget.


Tight budgets and successful results are usually mutually exclusive.

Spinning your wheels trying to make a low cost solution work only wastes
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Old 11-13-2007, 07:10 PM
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"networknewbie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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>
> Right here is my problem.
>
> I want to connect to my home wifi in a building (X) 330m away from my
> house. There is a four story building in the way (A).If I put a cantenna
> on top of building A which is aimed at my house with the wifi, and
> connect it to another cantenna aimed at building(X) would I be able to
> receive wifi in building X. I don't want to have anything but a laptop
> to receive the wifi in building X. Is this possible?Would I need a
> cantenna on my house aswell?
>
> Please be aware I am on a very tight budget.
>
> Thanks.
>
>


Google "parasitic antenna".

Is it possible @ 2.3GHz? Maybe, but I doubt it. Even if you could boost the
power on your AP/router, I don't think your laptop would have the power to
respond back. I'm not sure that a cantana would be a good choice for the
parasitic elements either. In the event I'm completly wrong about everything
else I said above, yes, a cantana or similar hi-gain antenna would be
required on both ends.

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