[Sussex] Networking problem

[Desmond Armstrong]

  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.