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rtcarroll07
01-16-2007, 06:31 PM
Hey everyone,
I am trying to share my cable internet connection from the source building to the destination building using some kind of wireless link. My situation is depicted below. Any ideas as to a low-cost (like under $1,000 total) solution? Thanks for your help!
http://www.greatfallsyoga.com/wireless.jpg
Variable
01-16-2007, 07:14 PM
With all those trees wireless is going to have an issue unless you can go above most them or have a line of sight. If you can find a sweet spot with almost LoS you could go with two directional antennas.
You could run a cable and use a power over ethernet hub in the middle. They make some small PoE hubs. Ethernet distance is 109 years. A PoE hub would give you the distance. If you add a switch or hub at the very edges of the house and building and shave 10 yards off the total distance shown, you may be able to swing just an ethernet cable with no PoE.
You could also do a hybrid of the two above. You could do it for under a grand easy either way.
rtcarroll07
01-16-2007, 08:56 PM
Variable,
Thank you very much for the insight as to PoE hubs. I will look into that for sure.
Is there such a thing as PoE weatherproof repeaters? What I'm thinking here is maybe running a cable from the destination building out to a "midway" point where I could post a repeater (or whatever they are called) that could hear the wireless signals coming from the router and then relay them through the wire back to the destination building. Does that make sense? Is that at all possible?
I have to apologize for my lack of knowledge on this subject, but I do appreciate the help immensely.
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