150m network

Jun 11, 2006 2 Replies

Hi.



I've been tasked with adding a PC to a network with a 150m gap between them. There's also one brick wall and a chunk of landscape between, so there's no line of sight. The existing wireless router is garden variety D-Link, and I lose signal around



20m from the building that it is in. There's just open ground between the two locations, i.e. there's no middle area that I can install any equipment in.

Is there a 'standard' wireless solution for this? My thoughts are to go with a D-Link DWL-G810 at the remote end, use the existing wireless router (DSL-G624T) where it is, and use a couple of high-gain antennas. But I don't know (a) how high the antenna gain needs to be, and (b) if I'm wasting my time anyway because there's just too much stuff between the two.



Any ideas?



Thanks in advance, Colin


On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 19:52:05 +0100, Colin MacDonald wrote in :

Start by just trying a high-gain directional antenna on the PC, on the order of 12 dBi or more.

Forget it, you need to go around or thru or something else.

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