molko

my mate has b/band in his outhouse/office, which is about 100ft from his house.

He wants to be able to surf the net from his house by connecting to the wireless router in the outhouse/office. Its 100ft + 2x3ft solid brick walls, no i am not sure if the signal is strong enough.

Is there any other alternatives ? Short of asking BT for another b/band in the house.

Note : The house and office have different phone numbers.


Cheers

jpor

iTrader: (1)

If the outhoue office has Electrical power sockets, then I believe one way is to buy some Network kit that can transfer via the elctrical mains. Something on the lines of:
PC_World - Powerline Home Networking

gazza-uk

used one of these, suprisingley very very good;

dabs.com - Devolo MicroLink dLAN duo Starter Kit (1145)

molko

i guess they would need to be on the same electrical circuit ?

pimmo2000

iTrader: (6)

if the office has a phone line with a different number then yes.. he can get another broadband connection through it

molko

but does that mean twice the monthly expense to pay for broadband ?

IanW

Yes you would then need to pay for 2 x broadband subscriptions...

Personally i would be getting a length of cable run from the house to an outhouse and put a wireless router out there.

mattster12

iTrader: (5)

Buy some outdoor ethernet cable and run it from the router in the outhouse to main house.
Then plug it into an wireless network switch in the main house, which you will need to buy.

pimmo2000

iTrader: (6)

Why not just cable from current wireless router to computer then ?

mart360

if he has B?band in his outhouse already, whats the problem?

duh... re read the post....

buy a repeater and a 100ft of ethernet cable




Mart

pimmo2000

iTrader: (6)

Ok so reverse the advice.. cable from Office to House