router range?

Thanks to answerers to my "cordless phone interference" post.

We have a summer cottage. With cable TV - provider also offers internet.

Family members have homes about 50 and 125 feet away respectively All one floor. Flat land, no intervening bushes or obstructions. No significant metal, etc in any house.

If we put broadband and router in our cottage, will a router, or some routers, reach to either or both other houses? If so, under what conditions. What routers?

Brad

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avalanche*
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Hi,

Most wireless routers can reach more than 200 feet in open space, and in your case you should put that router where you can sea all other homes closer to the window.

ZyXEL G-2000 plus is a powerfull wireless router.

You can still consider MIMO wireless Routers with MIMO wireless PCI or PCMCIA cards for PCs or Notebooks in the other homes.

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In most wireless cases a site survey will be more professional.

Naim

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avalanche* wrote:

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Panda

Sorry ,

the correct MIMO link is :

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Naim

Panda wrote:

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Panda

50 feet could work to a fixed PC, with the router and PC both having directional antennas. 125 feet, through exterior walls, would be a little more difficult. That might need antennas in windows, or outdoors. At the client end, either a "game adapter" or a USB unit could be positioned as needed.

Either of these solutions would be to a single PC in that location, not a bridging router to more PCs.

A better solution might be a powerline adapter. If all three houses get their feed from the same transformer, they might work, and be more stable than WiFi.

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dold

On Sun, 03 Dec 2006 21:36:57 -0500, avalanche* wrote in :

I'd go with a (single) Buffalo router in the main location, and Buffalo Ethernet (client) bridges in the satellite locations. Be prepared if necessary to use a high-gain omni antenna in the main location, and/or high-gain directional reflectors or antennas in the satellite locations.

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John Navas

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