How to set up a wireless bridge between buildings. Help.

blobula

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Hello.

I don't know much about setting up networks so I'm seeking a little advice. I'm needing to get internet from one building to another. Both buildings are separated by a distance of 300 feet.

Building 1 currently has internet/wireless that takes care of that building just fine. However I can't pick up the wireless signal in building 2 understandably.

I'd like to set up a wireless bridge to extend the signal over to building 2, however I'm not exactly sure how to go about this.

My thought was to use something like this.
Ubiquiti Nanostation LOCO M2 Outdoor MIMO 2x2 802.11g/n or the M5 model. I'd attach one to building 1 and hook it to the already existing router via ethernet.

I'd then attach the second one to building 2 and hook it to a router I'd have to set up? Besides mounting the antennas I'm not sure what all I need to do.

Also, is there a different solution that might work which would boost the signal from building 1 which would allow building 2 to pick it up?

Thank you!
 
The plan with 2 outdoor units tied to your routers is the method that works the best. You might be able to receive the outdoor signal from one in the other building directly but I would not count on it.

I have not used that unit from ubiquiti. It depends if it is a AP or a bridge. I suspect it can run both but you want to read the documentation to be sure it can run in bridge mode. It will then be similar to running a ethernet cable between the routers. I have not used the this device from ubiquiti but I have used their airgrid units for this purpose and they work well.

After you get it working you will have a new problem to solve. You will now have the 2 networks connected together and must solve the problem of DHCP and gateways and such. Especially if they both already have internet.
 

blobula

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Only Building 1 has internet, so if I bridged the connection across to building 2, could I just use a switch and then plug a computer into that which would use the network from building 1? Is that still considered having two networks set up?

 

blobula

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maybe. You also have to have building 1 be able to hear the transmission from this antenna. All antenna tend to receive better than they transmit.

Be very careful to keep the cables as short as possible. I suspect they are quoting the antenna gain but did not subtract the cable loss. Even fairly short cables can eat all your gain.
 

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