[olug] Max range on WAPs

[Trent Melcher]

Let me check with my neighbor on what equipment he has and get back with
you.  His house from mine (line-of-site) is at about 1000 ft and I can see
his AP from my laptop inside my house,  signal strength is about 35% which
isn't too bad for that distance.  Granted there are no trees between us and
both our houses are on hills so it may just be luck that I can connect to
the internet from his AP at that distance.

Trent

-----Original Message-----
From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
Obi-Wan
Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 10:09 PM
To: olug at olug.org
Subject: [olug] Max range on WAPs

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.

-- 
Ben "Obi-Wan" Hollingsworth                             obiwan at jedi.com
   The stuff of earth competes for the allegiance I owe only to the
     Giver of all good things, so if I stand, let me stand on the
       promise that You will pull me through.  -- Rich Mullins
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