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    Networking 2 thick walled buildings

    As said above, I have 2 building, my house and my office, they are about 25 meters apart, with a swtich in each building. We are getting a broadband connection into my office and I was going to share the connection with my house. Now I was thinking of networking my office and house wirelessly. I don't really have a clue what kind of kit I would need, I already have all my machines on a wired network and I was looking to bridge the 2 networks through my server. The server (which is in my office) is about 30 meters away from the swtich in the house and is seperated by a foot thick wall covered in books, a wooden wall + insulation, a brick wall and a door.
    Does anyone know what kind of kit i would need todo this, i was thinking of maybe a wireless card in my server and an accesspoint connected to my switch in the house, any good?
    Any help would be greatly appreciated

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    Two access points in bridge mode, with external antennas.

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    No chance of running cable?

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    well not really, because there is a garden and path between the 2 buildings and everyone else in the house dont like the idea. The shortest route via cable is about 50 meters I reckon because it has to go along and fence and along the gutter.
    Thats why I though wireless networking was the way to go

    [edit] if i used a pair of accesspoints with external antenna's then the distance is only about 20 to 25 meters. Also I would easily be able to place an accesspoint at a window in each of the buildings so there would be nothing obstructing
    Last edited by r1zeek; 27-04-2004 at 04:16 PM.

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