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I'm looking into setting up a point-to-point wireless connection between my new house and my parents-in-law as for various reasons it might be a while before we can get a phone line installed. The houses are about 50m apart (maybe a little more) as the crow flies although there are some hedges obscuring most of the line of sight.
I've been having a look into setting this up on the intarwebs and I've come across some good ideas like cantennas, however I was wondering if any of you guys had done anything similar and can suggest the best way to do it, especially using my existing equipment (although I don't mind spending a few quid for extra stuff to get it up and running if need be).
I was playing around with the WAG54GS to see about bridging mode (partly to get some better coverage at the other end of the house, but also as a prelude to getting all this up and running) and I'm not sure if this is possible with the existing firmware, can anyone shed any light on this? If the WAG54GS can't handle bridging then the older router might not be much use either.
Alternatively, would a big ass reel of cat 5 be a better solution? I have friends that did something similar between flats (via trees) in a city.
Any ideas would be appreciated, thanks.
I've been having a look into setting this up on the intarwebs and I've come across some good ideas like cantennas, however I was wondering if any of you guys had done anything similar and can suggest the best way to do it, especially using my existing equipment (although I don't mind spending a few quid for extra stuff to get it up and running if need be).
- My parents-in-law currently have an old Linksys ADSL modem/router with an 802.11b wireless card which I gave them
- I've got a spare WAG54GS (which has a small external aerial/BNC socket) that I can use for our end
- I'm also planning on getting a Time Capsule in the near future although I'm not sure how useful this would be for the point-to-point connection
I was playing around with the WAG54GS to see about bridging mode (partly to get some better coverage at the other end of the house, but also as a prelude to getting all this up and running) and I'm not sure if this is possible with the existing firmware, can anyone shed any light on this? If the WAG54GS can't handle bridging then the older router might not be much use either.
Alternatively, would a big ass reel of cat 5 be a better solution? I have friends that did something similar between flats (via trees) in a city.
Any ideas would be appreciated, thanks.