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From: Charlie Hoffpauir on 10 Aug 2010 10:29
My situation is that I'd like to be able to connect wirelessly to my
home LAN from my shop, which is out in the back of my yard. My router
is a Cradlepoint MBR1000. located on the oposite side of the house
from the shop (located there because I need that location for optimum
reception of the 3G I use for internet access). I currently am using a
Netgear Wireless USB adapter (WG111v2) with my notebook, but it won't
reach from the shop to the router. The notebook has an internal WiFi,
but it won't connect either.

I'm looking for an alternative, (hopefully an inexpensive one), to the
setup I now am using that will allow a good connection to the router.
I thought maybe a different USB adapter, one with an external,
directional antenna, might work, but have no idea which one to try.
Any suggestions appreciated.

BTW, I'm "almost" able to connect with what I have.... I've walked the
notebook out and I lose connection about half way to the shop.
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Charlie Hoffpauir

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From: John Navas on 10 Aug 2010 10:49
On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:29:29 -0500, in
<g0o266tov1e3d5q33jg07a6hrj9e6k1mpa(a)4ax.com>, Charlie Hoffpauir
<invalid(a)invalid.com> wrote:

>My situation is that I'd like to be able to connect wirelessly to my
>home LAN from my shop, which is out in the back of my yard. My router
>is a Cradlepoint MBR1000. located on the oposite side of the house
>from the shop (located there because I need that location for optimum
>reception of the 3G I use for internet access). I currently am using a
>Netgear Wireless USB adapter (WG111v2) with my notebook, but it won't
>reach from the shop to the router. The notebook has an internal WiFi,
>but it won't connect either.
>
>I'm looking for an alternative, (hopefully an inexpensive one), to the
>setup I now am using that will allow a good connection to the router.
>I thought maybe a different USB adapter, one with an external,
>directional antenna, might work, but have no idea which one to try.
>Any suggestions appreciated.
>
>BTW, I'm "almost" able to connect with what I have.... I've walked the
>notebook out and I lose connection about half way to the shop.

Hawking Technology HWU9DD Hi-Gain Wireless-G USB Network Dish Adapter
<http://www.jr.com/hawking-technology/pe/HWK_HWU9DD/>

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From: Char Jackson on 10 Aug 2010 16:13
On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:29:29 -0500, Charlie Hoffpauir
<invalid(a)invalid.com> wrote:

>My situation is that I'd like to be able to connect wirelessly to my
>home LAN from my shop, which is out in the back of my yard. My router
>is a Cradlepoint MBR1000. located on the oposite side of the house
>from the shop (located there because I need that location for optimum
>reception of the 3G I use for internet access). I currently am using a
>Netgear Wireless USB adapter (WG111v2) with my notebook, but it won't
>reach from the shop to the router. The notebook has an internal WiFi,
>but it won't connect either.
>
>I'm looking for an alternative, (hopefully an inexpensive one), to the
>setup I now am using that will allow a good connection to the router.
>I thought maybe a different USB adapter, one with an external,
>directional antenna, might work, but have no idea which one to try.
>Any suggestions appreciated.
>
>BTW, I'm "almost" able to connect with what I have.... I've walked the
>notebook out and I lose connection about half way to the shop.

I understand that you want wireless connectivity in the shop, but does
the link from the house to the shop also have to be wireless? If
possible, a cable running from the house to the shop, terminated at an
Access Point in the shop, would probably work best, but it assumes you
can run such a cable.

Plan B might be to run a cable from the far end of the house, where
the current networking gear is, to the end of the house nearest to the
shop, then put an Access Point there. If you can almost connect from
the shop through multiple walls of the house, you might have a good
chance of connecting through a single wall.

From: Peter Pan on 10 Aug 2010 19:35
"Char Jackson" <none(a)none.invalid> wrote in message
news:rfc3665bevun2obpo532nt7qkkkvku45la(a)4ax.com...
> On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:29:29 -0500, Charlie Hoffpauir
> <invalid(a)invalid.com> wrote:
>
>>My situation is that I'd like to be able to connect wirelessly to my
>>home LAN from my shop, which is out in the back of my yard. My router
>>is a Cradlepoint MBR1000. located on the oposite side of the house
>>from the shop (located there because I need that location for optimum
>>reception of the 3G I use for internet access). I currently am using a
>>Netgear Wireless USB adapter (WG111v2) with my notebook, but it won't
>>reach from the shop to the router. The notebook has an internal WiFi,
>>but it won't connect either.
>>
>>I'm looking for an alternative, (hopefully an inexpensive one), to the
>>setup I now am using that will allow a good connection to the router.
>>I thought maybe a different USB adapter, one with an external,
>>directional antenna, might work, but have no idea which one to try.
>>Any suggestions appreciated.
>>
>>BTW, I'm "almost" able to connect with what I have.... I've walked the
>>notebook out and I lose connection about half way to the shop.
>
> I understand that you want wireless connectivity in the shop, but does
> the link from the house to the shop also have to be wireless? If
> possible, a cable running from the house to the shop, terminated at an
> Access Point in the shop, would probably work best, but it assumes you
> can run such a cable.
>
> Plan B might be to run a cable from the far end of the house, where
> the current networking gear is, to the end of the house nearest to the
> shop, then put an Access Point there. If you can almost connect from
> the shop through multiple walls of the house, you might have a good
> chance of connecting through a single wall.
>



or consider a plan c (a bit more) assuming you have power in the shop, you
can do powerline networking, and use that as input to another wap (or wap
router)
(sort of the same as above, but using powerline instead of a cable)

just out of curiosity, what area do you live in? (ie region) i tried
wireless from my house to shop (norther idaho), and all was fine at first,
but enuf green stuff during the summer, and snow/ice in the wintermade me
consider plan c (power to the shop came from the house)

From: Charlie Hoffpauir on 11 Aug 2010 09:25
On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:13:33 -0500, Char Jackson <none(a)none.invalid>
wrote:

>On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:29:29 -0500, Charlie Hoffpauir
><invalid(a)invalid.com> wrote:
>
>>My situation is that I'd like to be able to connect wirelessly to my
>>home LAN from my shop, which is out in the back of my yard. My router
>>is a Cradlepoint MBR1000. located on the oposite side of the house
>>from the shop (located there because I need that location for optimum
>>reception of the 3G I use for internet access). I currently am using a
>>Netgear Wireless USB adapter (WG111v2) with my notebook, but it won't
>>reach from the shop to the router. The notebook has an internal WiFi,
>>but it won't connect either.
>>
>>I'm looking for an alternative, (hopefully an inexpensive one), to the
>>setup I now am using that will allow a good connection to the router.
>>I thought maybe a different USB adapter, one with an external,
>>directional antenna, might work, but have no idea which one to try.
>>Any suggestions appreciated.
>>
>>BTW, I'm "almost" able to connect with what I have.... I've walked the
>>notebook out and I lose connection about half way to the shop.
>
>I understand that you want wireless connectivity in the shop, but does
>the link from the house to the shop also have to be wireless? If
>possible, a cable running from the house to the shop, terminated at an
>Access Point in the shop, would probably work best, but it assumes you
>can run such a cable.
>
>Plan B might be to run a cable from the far end of the house, where
>the current networking gear is, to the end of the house nearest to the
>shop, then put an Access Point there. If you can almost connect from
>the shop through multiple walls of the house, you might have a good
>chance of connecting through a single wall.

That probably has a very good chance of working! There are at least 5
walls, including the outside brick wall at the back of the house,
between the router and the shop, so an AP in a back window would
reduce that to one!
--
Charlie Hoffpauir

Everything is what it is because it got that way....D'Arcy Thompson
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