Satellite to Outbuildings

22 Mar 2005 11:57 PM

LisaH

I live on a farm and have recently installed a satellite internet connection in our home office. I would like to set up a wireless connection between the home office (S side of house) to the scale shed (N of house) and to the shop office (N of house, N side of metal building). The two remote computers are older and are only being used to order parts / check weather on-line (dial-up). The farthest distance is from the office to the shop office - about 600ft. I have a Linksys WRT54G broadband router in the office. It works beautifully with my laptop. Using powerlines is not an option - I have separate drops / meters for the hour and outbuildings. Is there a simple and inexpensive way to set this network up? thanks lisa -- LisaH brought to you by http://www.wifi-forum.com/

23 Mar 2005 5:27 AM

Rôgêr

LisaH wrote:
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> I live on a farm and have recently installed a satellite internet
> connection in our home office. I would like to set up a wireless
> connection between the home office (S side of house) to the scale shed
> (N of house) and to the shop office (N of house, N side of metal
> building). The two remote computers are older and are only being used
> to order parts / check weather on-line (dial-up). The farthest
> distance is from the office to the shop office - about 600ft.
>
> I have a Linksys WRT54G broadband router in the office. It works
> beautifully with my laptop.
>
> Using powerlines is not an option - I have separate drops / meters for
> the hour and outbuildings.
>
> Is there a simple and inexpensive way to set this network up?

Perhaps. The CPE (can be configured as an access point) in the link
below could be mounted outside the house on the south side but aimed
toward the other buildings. Or, it could be mounted inside in an upper
window on the north side, aimed north. 600' would be no problem if
there's no overpowering obstructions. You probably could connect with a
laptop with no additional antennas in the other buildings, but a rubber
ducky device would be better.

http://www.demarctech.com/products/reliawave-rwo/rwo-plus-15a.htm

23 Mar 2005 6:30 AM

Ed Williams

This is a simple solution. Have several people using these at a lot farther
distance.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5762719487

"LisaH" <LisaH.1mbktm@WiFi-Forum_dot_com> wrote in message

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>
> I live on a farm and have recently installed a satellite internet
> connection in our home office. I would like to set up a wireless
> connection between the home office (S side of house) to the scale shed
> (N of house) and to the shop office (N of house, N side of metal
> building). The two remote computers are older and are only being used
> to order parts / check weather on-line (dial-up). The farthest
> distance is from the office to the shop office - about 600ft.
>
> I have a Linksys WRT54G broadband router in the office. It works
> beautifully with my laptop.
>
> Using powerlines is not an option - I have separate drops / meters for
> the hour and outbuildings.
>
> Is there a simple and inexpensive way to set this network up?
>
> thanks
> lisa
>
>
> --
> LisaH
> brought to you by http://www.wifi-forum.com/
>

27 Mar 2005 8:03 PM

Christian

Maybe a couple of Linksys range extenders.

"LisaH" <LisaH.1mbktm@WiFi-Forum_dot_com> wrote in message

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>
> I live on a farm and have recently installed a satellite internet
> connection in our home office. I would like to set up a wireless
> connection between the home office (S side of house) to the scale shed
> (N of house) and to the shop office (N of house, N side of metal
> building). The two remote computers are older and are only being used
> to order parts / check weather on-line (dial-up). The farthest
> distance is from the office to the shop office - about 600ft.
>
> I have a Linksys WRT54G broadband router in the office. It works
> beautifully with my laptop.
>
> Using powerlines is not an option - I have separate drops / meters for
> the hour and outbuildings.
>
> Is there a simple and inexpensive way to set this network up?
>
> thanks
> lisa
>
>
> --
> LisaH
> brought to you by http://www.wifi-forum.com/
>