Connect to regular home wifi network over 1-2km away

[thephoenix25]

Hi,

I have the problem that I where I live I cannot get a regular internet connection via cable or phone lines as there are none in my area. I live in Malaysia and the only other option to me is to use 4g on a data capped service. I use far more data than my service provides and apart from paying a small fortune every month for more data or multiple subscriptions I cannot find a solution to my problem.

I have a few friends who live in a nearby village who have a standard internet connection which is unlimited who are happy to share their service with me. Two of which are in line of sight of my home, but the distance is ~2km. Now I've read up on setting up a bridge but keep coming up against the same problem that I need to install hardware at their property as well as my own. I am happy to install dishes at my own home, but I cannot ask my friends to install hardware and wiring at their home as it is rented and I doubt I would get permission. So....

If I installed something like a Ubiquiti NanoBeam® M
http://www.ubnt.com/airmax/nanobeamm/
at my home, would this do the trick?

Data speeds aren't really a concern as the fasted broadband speeds here are about 8MBs

So just for clarity :
House 1
Regular Router / Modem inside house on the nearest wall

2km distance between clear line of sight, similar elevation

House 2
Ubiquiti NanoBeam® M direct into my PC

Would this work?

 

[bill001g]

At that distance you will likely require the nanobeam devices on both ends. You also will likely need to mount them on poles on the roof. The ground absorb quite a bit of the signal. There is a mathematical formula but at 2km I suspect it is around 15ft to not lose signal to the ground. I have not see these devices before but I have quite a number of ubiquti outdoor equipment and it works well.

 

[boosted1g]

You need proper atnennas at both locations.

You both need directioinal antennas to transmit at those distances and have enough recieve sensitivity.

At 2 km you both need yagi style antennas. If you have trees or any obsticals in teh way you might want to look at doing a 900 or 3ghz backhaul network over the 2.4 band of wifi.

In short there is no way to do this without putting antennas at their location and without spending a minimum of $500 USD on equipment to do it right so you have reliability.