[Scottish] Wireless range

[Gary]

Well, to be honest, I found the range somewhat dodgy depending on what 
is in  'line of sight'

My setup is as follows:
Linksys 54g access point. (Supposedly one that has a long range..)
EdiMAX 54Mbps Cardbus adapter.

I can roam outside my house (nice),  to the nextdoor neighbour's garden 
(nice), car park (about 2 doors down) getting a poor signal, but still 
connected.

However, if  I actually go next door (indoors),  I get  0% signal.  I am 
a mid terraced house. The room next door is about 15m from the base 
station.  At a guess I would think that the wall between the two houses 
is too thick or contains too much metal reinforcing  to allow the signal 
to propagate.  (maybe this is good because the kidlets in the other 
house look like hacker wannabes ;-)

I havent really tried to boost the signal or get an external aerial, but 
just using the existing equipment.

But this is my own 'real life experience'

-Gary

Allan Whiteford wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I could spend hours looking up technical specs but I'd expect to get a 
> better real world answer here.
>
> How feasible is a wireless network connection over a range of around 
> 250-300m, with "almost" a line of site. Looking at a house or two 
> being in the way. Will one of those omni things go that sort of 
> distance through/around houses (sandstone/slate/brick)? Can the gear 
> be boosted/directed and is it legal?
>
> If the answer is yes or probably, how much would I expect to pay for 
> the kit required to get that sort of range? Ideally it'd be reliable 
> and not require pringles tubes mounted to rooftops. I'd only need a 
> speed of ~ 600kbps[1].
>
> Thanks,
>
> Allan
>
> [1] It's no coincidence that 600kbps is the speed an NTL cable modem 
> goes at :).
>
>
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