Connecting 2 houses with directional Wi-Fi antennas

[Xayden]

Hi,
I'd like to connect two houses which are approx 100-200 meters away with 2 TP-LINK TL-ANT2409B 2.4GHz 9dBi Outdoor directional antennas. There's a clear line of sight so aligning them should be no problem. Would need the connection for 1-2 months each year.
Thing is, my VDSL router has no external antenna connection and replacing or moving the router itself from deep within the house is not an option.
I have some spare equipment lying around and I'm wondering if it's possible to place a 2nd router near the antenna on the 2nd floor, hook it up to my main router with a cable and make it forward the traffic through the antenna? I'd also like to configure the 2nd router to limit the connection speed a bit.
At the other house I would also place a router to create a new Wi-Fi network.

How feasible/complicated would that be? Any details, hints or instructions on how to configure this would be greatly appreciated!

 

[kanewolf]

Is it possible? Yes. Is that the way I would do it? No. I would use a pair of outdoor directional access points. Why? Because I wouldn't have a one-off configuration and if I needed help other people will have done similar things.

You have to buy stuff and run cable anyway, just buy two of these -- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833168115
or if you have a lot of 2.4Ghz interference then use the 5Ghz version -- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833168116

 

[Xayden]

Is it possible? Yes. Is that the way I would do it? No. I would use a pair of outdoor directional access points. Why? Because I wouldn't have a one-off configuration and if I needed help other people will have done similar things.

You have to buy stuff and run cable anyway, just buy two of these -- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833168115
or if you have a lot of 2.4Ghz interference then use the 5Ghz version -- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833168116

Uhm, one of those access points is more expensive than both directional antennas plus the cabling I'd have to buy. Too much money for something that would be unused for most of the year.
Considering I already have 2 unused routers I'd like to stick with my setup as imagined. Appreciate the suggestion though.

Basically, I already managed to make the 2nd floor router work. It's hooked up with the main one via Ethernet and creates a new functional Wifi network without issues.
I'm just wondering about the directional antennas now since I never used them before. The router model is TD-W8951NB so I guess I can just plug the directional antenna in instead of the existing one and it's going to work?
On one end I'd also have to extend the coax cable a bit too.
Anything I should know about those things or anything I'm forgetting to consider in general?

 

[BuddhaSkoota]

The router model is TD-W8951NB so I guess I can just plug the directional antenna in instead of the existing one and it's going to work?

The router in the second house must support wireless client or wireless bridge mode. That model TP-Link may not support client mode, so you may need to purchase a different device that does support it.

 

[bill001g]

Your problem with thinking it is too expensive is you are assuming the coax cable is cheap. Take a look at lmr600 coax and also factor in the cost of the connectors so you can connect it. Just convert from the N connector to the more common rp-smc will cost you $5. It all adds up.

Even this cable absorbs the signals, if you use inexpensive cable you will lose as much as your antenna adds.

This is the key reason nobody does it this way anymore. The cost of a directional antenna/cable/router/connectors is more than a unit that has the directional antenna and radio equipment combined.