GIXXERGUY6 Posted November 16, 2005 CID Share Posted November 16, 2005 I have an 802.11g. our main computer is wired, but my father in law across the drive wants internet and i have a card here that will work in his computer. but a while back I tried it and it didn't work(prolly my skills, well lack of). The 2 computers are about 200ft from each other (no more than 300ft at the very most, from property line measurements) will this setup work? should we get a different setup? he says he has a buddy that has cable internet and is using a wireless router with his laptop and can go 600 ft from his house to his neighbors and it works great???I find that hard to believe! I mean we could run a CAT6 cable over to his computer but measured out to get through the pipe and up the wall and over to the computer. is about 425ft or so and i think that is too much wire for signal strength. Any input would be greatly appreciated. thanks Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peepnklown Posted November 16, 2005 CID Share Posted November 16, 2005 I would look into a Pre-N router or a router with MIMO technology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIXXERGUY6 Posted November 24, 2005 Author CID Share Posted November 24, 2005 this is all we got people? what does everyone think about the range expander for the linksys wireless routers? or the antenae? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted December 20, 2005 CID Share Posted December 20, 2005 Did you find a solution yet? If not, you might want to look into a directional antenna pointed at your neighbors house to get a good signal there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIXXERGUY6 Posted December 20, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 20, 2005 Did you find a solution yet? If not, you might want to look into a directional antenna pointed at your neighbors house to get a good signal there. we have linksys's external antenna that you screw into the router and move a base 6ft away from the router, and we also got their good antannas as well. but I think it's a matter of setting the card up. and for some reason I can't get the cd to install, it's like the cd is fubar'd so I don't know. I mean I want to get intenet access to that computer but damn this is a P.I.T.A LOL So I don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peepnklown Posted December 20, 2005 CID Share Posted December 20, 2005 You problem will be solved by upgrading your hardware to Pre-N or MIMO technology. It will cost a bit but it will save a lot of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIXXERGUY6 Posted January 3, 2006 Author CID Share Posted January 3, 2006 no my problem was solved when I got a pci card that actually worked fawkn A lol new card working good. signal strength of 51-58% through the linksys icon thingie. through the windows network status thing I am running 36-48mbps speed tests was yeilding 5.5-5.8 on the down side and 750 on the up side. not bad for 2 computers pretty much behind concrete and brick with only 2 linksys 7db gain antanne's and a remote locator for the router antennae'(cuz the router is in a desk) next i am getting a rubber duck 9db antanne from http://www.pcnewsgroups.net/link.aspx?url=http://www.fab-corp.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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