wireless-to-wireless connectivity?

Hello,

This is a followup to a previous post about sharing wireless across
buildings. I have Internet access at point A. I can get a good
wireless signal at point B. From point B, I can send a good wireless
signal to point C. But point A and point C cannot be connected
wirelessly due to obstructions. Further, points A, B, and C are in
different buildings, so certainly can't be connected together with
wires.

My question is: How can the guy at point C connect to the Internet
through point B? It must be possible, at least from a physics
perspective. All the diagrams I've seen about wireless access points
has the AP attached to the first router with a cable. Seems this ought
not to be necessary. Am I missing something simple?

thx,

Thomas

Thomas wrote:

> Hello,
>
> This is a followup to a previous post about sharing wireless across
> buildings. I have Internet access at point A. I can get a good
> wireless signal at point B. From point B, I can send a good wireless
> signal to point C. But point A and point C cannot be connected
> wirelessly due to obstructions. Further, points A, B, and C are in
> different buildings, so certainly can't be connected together with
> wires.
>
> My question is: How can the guy at point C connect to the Internet
> through point B? It must be possible, at least from a physics
> perspective. All the diagrams I've seen about wireless access points
> has the AP attached to the first router with a cable. Seems this ought
> not to be necessary. Am I missing something simple?
>
> thx,
>
> Thomas
>
Hi,
Can you move access point to point B?

Nope.

Buy Access Points or Routers that can function as repeaters. One example is
the CompUSA brand 801.11g Router. In the past it has been on sale for $9.99
after rebate.

Mike Schumann

"Thomas" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Nope.
>

OK. My Netgear RangeMax 824 doesn't say it can be a repeater, but the
802 Access Point model does, so I ordered one of those. I bet it's
just a software difference, and if I had the inclination I could find
some firmware to make the 824 work, but this solution ought to work
fine. Thanks for the help.

Thomas

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In <(E-Mail Removed) .com> on 25 Mar 2006
14:32:46 -0800, "Thomas" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>This is a followup to a previous post about sharing wireless across
>buildings. I have Internet access at point A. I can get a good
>wireless signal at point B. From point B, I can send a good wireless
>signal to point C. But point A and point C cannot be connected
>wirelessly due to obstructions. Further, points A, B, and C are in
>different buildings, so certainly can't be connected together with
>wires.
>
>My question is: How can the guy at point C connect to the Internet
>through point B? It must be possible, at least from a physics
>perspective. All the diagrams I've seen about wireless access points
>has the AP attached to the first router with a cable. Seems this ought
>not to be necessary. Am I missing something simple?

Your best bet is to put both a Wi-Fi client (for communication with point A)
and a Wi-Fi access point (to host communication with point C) at point B,
cabled together with Ethernet, running on different non-overlapping channels.
In addition to avoiding the speed loss and other hassles of a repeater, this
would allow you to use directional antennas if needed at point B.

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