Jude 2

I need help in choosing a wireless router.

I would like for it to be able to reach about a 1000 feet radius.

Are any of the routers for home use that strong?

I have a "Linksys WRT 110" and a "Netgear WPN 824." Neither of these will do the job.

Thanks in advance

RuSKY

1,000 feet? That's a fifth of a mile. You wanna go ahead and deploy a satellite???? You'd need some kind of repeater wouldn't you, kind of like a radio frequency repeater? That's a long way for a wifi signal, isn't it?

Yeah, you're probably going to need more than one, one as the base, and others to repeat the signal.

Pastor Bill wrote:Yeah, you're probably going to need more than one, one as the base, and others to repeat the signal.

or a lot, if you want a 1000' radius and not just in a specific direction or two.

I don't like linksys routers.. Everytime I've used them, they mess up somehow.. I really don't understand how they got so popular.

I've used Belkin, Netgear, and D-Link, and they've all worked fine.

As far as that kind of distance, you'll need a router, and maybe 1 or 2 Access Points. There are a few brands of routers that say they have Range Boosters, but I doubt they go that far.

RamboPreacher wrote:

Pastor Bill wrote:Yeah, you're probably going to need more than one, one as the base, and others to repeat the signal.

or a lot, if you want a 1000' radius and not just in a specific direction or two.

R.P.
Thanks for your reply.

Now another question. Is there a router that transmit directionally?
If so, what?
The 1000 feet was a guess at the distance. If I lay the Netgear router on the outside window ledge, it will make the distance. But, rain won't allow for that. So, I just need something a little stronger.



RuSKY

Rusky,

If your net gear can near bout make it in decent weather, a good repeater may be all you need.

Why a 1000 feet radius though, if you don't mind me asking?

What kind of feed do you have for your internet signal? Is a hard line extension plausible?

An option you may look at is a better antenna.

http://netgear.com/Products/APsWireless ... ables.aspx


RangeMax WiFi Range Extender WPN824EXT Something you might look at if the antenna didn't work.

http://reviews.cnet.com/networking-and- ... 90214.html

We have a church here in NC that used some gear from
Buffalo Technology.

Router was in church office across parking lot.
Installed a repeater and an antenna .

Check this gear out.

http://www.buffalotech.com/products/wir ... cessories/

Not sure on prices..

Poimen wrote:Rusky,


Why a 1000 feet radius though, if you don't mind me asking?

What kind of feed do you have for your internet signal? Is a hard line extension plausible?

Poiman,

I don't mind you asking at all.

I live next to my wife's mother who recently was diagnosed with terminal
cancer. The wife and I care for her with some help from my three children
and a neice who take turns coming on the weekends.

My son can work some days from home if he has internet access.
He generally comes on Friday and stays to Sunday.

All the children(adults) want/need internet, and I have it, if I can transmit
next door.

My house is brick and the wife's mother is an basement house, with
the front above the ground. The house is approximately 250 ft. away.
So I thought if a Router would transmit 1000 ft. It would work.

I would rather buy the equiptment than pay another internet bill of @
$35 per month plus installation.

To your second question, I suppose I could run a coax there, but I
think it would be against the I.P. rules since I would be also sending
cable T.V. I'm sure they would want the revenue from another
installation. And since I have to answer to the Lord, I don't want to do anything wrong.


Billy n NC

Perhaps the link that you gave will help.

Thanks to all for your help.

RuSKY

Have you considered a homemade "cantenna"?