[Sussex] Networking problem

[Jacqui Caren-home]

On 08/12/2010 17:41, John Crowhurst wrote:
> On 08/12/2010 17:08, Desmond Armstrong wrote:
>> On 08/12/10 16:25, John Crowhurst wrote:
>>> I have a customer that has their office network and a wifi connection to another building. The wifi connection is on a different network and a different port on the firewall.
>>>
>>> The current setup involves a piece of ethernet running down the front of their office from their first floor to their basement. Over time, this ethernet cable must be getting damp and corroding,
>>> and it will fail after about 6 months of use requiring a new cable.
>>>
>>> I had thought this could be worked around using a VLAN switch but all the machines and phones on the wifi connection are DHCP and the company wants to keep them separate, since the people in the
>>> other building are different companies they provide phone and internet access for.
>>>
>>> As you've probably guessed, the company is too cheap to install a second telephone line at their other office, hook up broadband and provide the service in that office. They thought it cheaper to
>>> have the buildings linked by wifi.
>>>
>>> What would you advise a possible solution?
>>
>> Before you mess around too much, and I do find that Wi-Fi does tend to be very iffy at times, I would invest in a pair of the power-line ethernet devices, and at least try those.
>>
> Sadly, not an option for this customer, their second building is line of sight across a public square using two engenius wifi boxes.
>
> This was one of a few little 'projects' their technical director implemented to save money at the time.

Worth reading http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/03/not_spot_diary/
Some of the comments are very interesting.
The idea of using some old sat dishes and tin cans... :-)

I just like the idea of "talking" via tin cans :-)

Jacqui