[olug] Max range on WAPs

[Sam Tetherow]

Best bet is to get a second AP at grandma's and link the two.  You could 
go with an external AP and might be able to get inside at both houses 
but you are going find it pretty hard to get a reliable signal inside 
house 2 with the AP inside house 1.

I'm assuming you don't need anything fancy for the AP at grandma's so 
you could go with a b/g router which should be cheap/free.  The link you 
can do fairly cheaply using ubiquity loco2s at $50/end. 
http://store.wisp-router.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=Loco2&eq=&Tp=

Sam Tetherow
Sandhills Wireless

Obi-Wan wrote:
> My mom just got a new laptop with 802.11n networking.  Their current
> 802.11g WAP works fine around their house & yard, but it won't work
> in my grandma's house about 150 yards away.  Both houses are on the
> same farm, so there's no legal problems with sharing Internet access.
> Mom is grandma's caretaker and spends lots of time there.
> 
> Do any of you have any recommendations for a new WAP or antenna or
> something that will help the laptop stay online in the other building?
> 
> Alas, I can't remember off hand which brand/model of WAP they currently
> have in place.
>