Thread: Wireless possible around 1000m through trees/buildings etc?

Hi, I would like to have my home network accessible while I was at college etc as their internet access is so slow its unusable. I'm around 700-1000m away, however there are houses and trees in the way. Is this possible? and with what equipment? I cannot get any further than around 150m away with extra gain antennas on the router and a standard wifi card in the laptop.

Any advice / products that are quite cheap but would sort the problem would be much appreciated.

Is it possible to get hold of more powerfull equipment than the law permits? USA sourced equipment possibly?

Ok, any legitimate equiment then?

Originally Posted by Cyberprog

Microwave link?

Cost is an issue!

Originally Posted by Jonsen

Hi, I would like to have my home network accessible while I was at college etc as their internet access is so slow its unusable. I'm around 700-1000m away, however there are houses and trees in the way. Is this possible? and with what equipment? I cannot get any further than around 150m away with extra gain antennas on the router and a standard wifi card in the laptop.

Any advice / products that are quite cheap but would sort the problem would be much appreciated.

I have heard this is possible for upto 2 miles in some cases if you can find yourself a higher gain antenna for each end.

I need a integrated solution in the laptop if at all possible, don't really want to go round with a massive antenna or something

I've currently got a pcmcia card in the laptop, was thinking of getting a internal mini pci card with 2 antennas that fit inside of the laptop and sort of "snake" around underneath the keyboard hopefully giving me a better signal than a pcmcia card.

Maybe with a high gain, directional antenna mounted high up on my house / in the loft it would be possible?

Got a USR9106 router at the moment, anyone know of any firmware upgrades or similar to increase the transmitter power?

I think the idea here is to leave the power of the transmitter as it is and improve the dissipation. Take a look at a Yagi mounted on your roof (or chimney).

I would also think it would be better to have a directional antenna at the laptop end too. Find a pcmcia card with an external mini-jack and attach a mini antenna.

If cost is an issue, you could always go with the ol' pringles can trick (http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/...g/448?wlg=yes).

How did you get on with this? Did you manage to access your internet from that distance?

Hi,

In our experience using OzBridge's you cant go far wrong.

They do 5.8Ghz and 2.4Ghz models.

We have a 23km line of sight link in Taunton using this kit and it is rock solid. We use it to provide a 10mb wireless leased line.

Regards,

Alexander Fossa
Xifos Limited

alex@xifos.net