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net14236

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I need help urgently. I am using a netgear dg834GT which is splendid with ADSL, but This is in my office. O was hoping that the wireless range would reach my house (about 40M away) but the signal is too weak.

The office looks down onto the house and there is a large tree in the way. The pc I wanna link to happens to be in the middle of the house, so there are about 3 walls in the house to pass through. :eek: what do I do? If i go onto the roof with my laptop above where the computer is I get 1 bar of signal on my wireless pickup thingy. The router also happens to be agaist a wall and the aerial is against it.

Should I extend my aerial and just put them on the rooves? (for both points). would another access point at the house be better? Please, help a superhero in distress.:confused:
 
I hope some experts will answer you, but you might try BORROWING a range extender to see if that helps. I had to get one to get my home network up and running ( Linksys stuff ). But 40m is a long way. I have also heard of guys putting more powerful antennae on their kit - seemed a fairly cheap option.
 
antenna...directional ones

that should give ya the boost you need :)
 
skuzzy said:
antenna...directional ones

that should give ya the boost you need :)
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How would that affect the users inside the office/house? I'm thinking that maybe you will have to add a second access point to each network for the relay.
 
but but but

thats valid information, but will the directional antennae help the signal penetrate walls and objects between it's destination?

The office doesnt actually make use of the wireless network. I only have wireless because I thought it'd reach the house.
 
net14236 said:
thats valid information, but will the directional antennae help the signal penetrate walls and objects between it's destination?

The office doesnt actually make use of the wireless network. I only have wireless because I thought it'd reach the house.
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Then place both access points antennas high up where than see one another. On the house side use an access point which includes a hub and run a cable to the house PC - if you have a bunch of house pc's connect the accesspoint to the existing hub - this will only require one internal wire.
 
something i'v experienced with a wireless network over a long distance is that if there's a largish object (like another computer) within a metre of the antennae, the signal is a lot weaker over a long distance. In my case, when I moved the antennae, the signal doubled, even though there were still two walls in between the two points.
 
Water based stuff tend to block the signal very effectively, (since the frequency is the same one your microwave uses to heat water molecules), so try to do it so that the tree is not in the way.

For example, people has been caught out by installing something in winter when a tree in the way did not have any leaves and then as summer arrived, they started losing signal until the connection is dead. :)
 
I did a similar setup with 2 planet wireless routers 2x 3M antenna cable and 2x directional aerials... the 1 router was just a bridge... the tree is the thing that'll screw you, try avoiding it!
 
oh and don't make long antenna cables... the shoter you have them... the less signal loss... so running a 10 meter cable onto the roof and having your antenna on that will probbaly result in 0 signal!
 
bboy said:
oh and don't make long antenna cables... the shoter you have them... the less signal loss... so running a 10 meter cable onto the roof and having your antenna on that will probbaly result in 0 signal!
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I think they recomend 3 metres with an absolute maximum of 6.
 
instead of putting the AP on office's roof, you can lay a cable from office to your house (10/100BTX can extend to 100m) and put AP near your client computer, because, you need to not only extend the signal range of on router side, but client side also.
this solution will need an extra AP and meet your FREEDOM request. but if the client computer is fixed in position, wired connection is more stable.
 
renm said:
instead of putting the AP on office's roof, you can lay a cable from office to your house (10/100BTX can extend to 100m) and put AP near your client computer, because, you need to not only extend the signal range of on router side, but client side also.
this solution will need an extra AP and meet your FREEDOM request. but if the client computer is fixed in position, wired connection is more stable.
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the standard says 175m, but that's gnit picking.
 
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Carlhead said:
the standard says 275m, but that's gnit picking.
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what kind of standard it is? we know all UTP/STP Ethernet cables limit to 100m in theory regardless the category, but around 50m shouldn't be any problem (unless very bad quality)
Thick Coaxial Cable (10Base5) will run 500m in theory, but where to find the hardware support it now? ;)
 
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renm said:
what kind of standard it is? we know all UTP/STP Ethernet cables limit to 100m in theory regardless the category, but around 50m shouldn't be any problem (unless very bad quality)
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Sorry, typo... I corrected it. (CAT 5e)
 
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don't worry, close to 175m is Thin Coaxial Cable (10Base2), 185m limit ;)
 
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