Can someone recommend some wireless equipment

[johnny02004976]

Hi,

im trying to network wirelessly to my friend who lives about 20-25m from where i live. I thought the ideal solution is just to get a wireless USB stick each as it would be window to window in line of sight. Do you think this would work?? If so, can anyone recommend some hardware

cheers

Note: it would only be used for file transfers etc, we wouldnt be sharing internet connections

[Funkstar]

i assume you mean 20-25 meters not miles

should work. but if there is a lot of other 2.4ghz noise in your area you might struggle.

To be sure, you could get a PCI card each and replace the arial stub with a nice high gain job and just overpower all other interference in the area

If you get the USB sticks form somewhere like maplin, then you can easily return them if they don't work

[johnny02004976]

yeh its 20-25meters

how much would PCI card + antenna be

[Funkstar]

Scan have an Edimax PCI card with antena (on a lead) for ~£15

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=152539

You might actually get away with this as you can place the antena easier than the little jointed ones you normally get on PCI cards.

But you could add a high gain antena, again for ~£15

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=197026

USB wireless adapters are also ~£15 on scan. Personally i would be inclined to go for the cards and antenas, but you might be more concerned with the cost than i am

[mike_dowler]

there is a directional antenna thingie you can get - would be ideal.

hang on a sec, I'll try to dig out the mag I saw it in.....


oh yeah found it:
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/shopper/revie...h-adapter.html

[mmmalas]

you you can easily, there are special antenna's if the default ones does not work

[ultim8um]

I wouldn't go spending on booster antennas for that range... Its pretty trivial to cover that range with either normal desktop PCI or USB wifi cards...

Check out http://www.freeantennas.com/projects...ate/index.html for a free template that will turn your antenna (bog standard PCI card type antenna on a lead) from a weak omni into a reasonably boosted directional one.

Dlink networking stuff is pretty reliable usually and easy to setup.

[johnny02004976]

cheers for the replies guys, i think im gonna go for the PCI card from scan and see how good the antenna is on it. If it dosent work i'll try to mod as ultim8um advised

i do like the dish though

[mmmalas]

let us know how it goes, and it might worth a search on cantenna

http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/448