Bridging

Hi, first time poster but I have been reading for awhile.

What I want to do is link myself and a friend that lives a block away in another apartment complex. See

for a picture of the link. I am Link 1 and I have a WRT54Gv3 running DD-WRT and a 19db omni. They are Link 2 and have a WRT54Gv5 stock antennas.

I sit at ground level at my apartment with the omni sitting in the window They are on the 4th floor with a balcany.. If I go to my friends house, from their balcany (on the 4th floor) I can see my network if I hold the laptop out over the rail I plan on purchasing a flat panel wifi antenna and mounting it on their balcany so that it is standing out away from the building somewhat. The options I have looked at: Wireless bridge with external antenna (like the WET54g or similar) attached to the flat panel. WRT54GL with DD-WRT in Client Bridge (which works well) or some other option with the radio mounted in the back of the antenna running PoE. Any suggestions? Once I get the RF link made I can handle the rest just wondering what the cheapest and easyest way might be..

TIA, Adair

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Posted 5 years ago by Adair Witner in Wireless Networking

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