Wireless Pro's Help !! Ahhh!!

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The most straightforward setup would be to setup the wireless bridge on one
channel, and wire the bridge at the neighbor's house to an access point
operating on a different channel.

Ron Bandes, CCNP, CTT+, etc.

"Jason" <jasonbaldwin @ lincsat.com> wrote in message
newsd6e0ee4f5da96f6a28202e474d6b3dc@news.teranews.com...
> I live in a rural location and recently got lincsat 2-way satellite
> internet...same as direcway. So I want to share it with my neighbor
accross
> the street. So I got a d-link DI-714+ 2.4ghz wireless router. I have a
> DWL-650+ in my laptop and works great anywhere around my house. I also
have
> a couple of pci d-link adapters as well and that works great around the
> housel. So I bought two SMC directional anntennas (about 3-5 dbi) and
hooked
> it up to my router and pointed it through the window to the house accross
> the street. And the other antenna in the window accross the street and
just
> had a portable computer sitting there with a PCI dlink adapter and was
> working pretty well except when the odd truck would go by it would lose
the
> signal. But the signal was there and the broadbang was just as fast as the
> server. But the computer that I want connected is in the basement across
the
> street and you guessed it ....there is no signal down there.
> SO....then I bought a 13dbi 180 degree superpass antenna and attached
to
> the outside of my house. And also bought a dlink range extender dwl-800
and
> set in repeater mode and put it in the upstairs window across the street.
So
> now I had about 80-90% link quality and 70-80% signal strength in the
> basement...woo-hoo. Ok I had trouble resolving web pages and the
connection
> was slow. The signal seemed to fade in and out and after a alot of hours
> playing around and moving the repeater around decided this wasnt working.
I
> tried a few different channels with no success. I can actually connect to
> the repeater across the street from my house and actually seems to work
> better over here for some reason??? I dont know why ?? I was thinking
there
> was something interefereing at the house across the street but there is no
> 2.4ghz devices or x-10 devices over there unless the neighbors have
some???
> There is a wireless internet provider about 9km away? And also a radio
tower
> about 1km away?? Just more info for you pros. I dont think this is
> affecting as Im sure the are a different frequency.
> SO......since It worked not bad just connecting directly to the router
> with the two antenna's with direct line of sight I have ordered a dlink
> wireless bridge dwl-810 and plan on hooking up a directional antenna to it
> and just running cat5 ethernet cable directly to the PC in the basement
and
> hopefully this will work out ok...but I was hoping to create a wireless
> environment at the house accross the street as they have a laptop over
there
> as well. But not a big deal as long as I get the broadband connection down
> in the basement in the house accross the street.
> SO...there is my story and I am looking for some professional advice
on
> how this should be setup? Please I need some advice at this point. I have
> heard of people sending signals farther than this but I guess the hardware
> they where using is quite a bit better and expensive...but I feel I should
> be able to send it across the street. I will soon find out how it works
out
> with the wireless bridge. Do I need to boost the signal from the
> router...although I seem to have decent signal and link quality or do I
> ...It just seems intermittent and too much packet loss at times????
>
> Please Help
>
>