Hello all,
I have been struggling with a problem for a while now.
Right now I have an N router that hosts a wireless network than can just barely be seen in the window of a neighboring building under 1/4 miles away.
I have two WRT54GLs laying around and I would like to bring internet to this second building.
I looked into cantenna's and they seem simple enough, but the parts will cost about as much as cheap antenna's and I am sure the omni directional antennas will just be far easier to use as they will be usable for both long distance and short distance communication.
My main concern right now is figuring out what dBi/antenna power I need.
One issue is that routers do not seem to advertise their stock antenna dBi to start with, so I have no idea how powerful the one I am using is, or how powerful the WTR54GL's is. Another is that an N signal makes it that far, but I am unsure how much difference I would expect from a G network as no one seemed to have ever tested these protocols in an empty field or at least never released this information.
TL;DR:
I need advice on what antennas to use to make a make two WRT54GL reach across 1/4 miles in LoS to eachother.
I have been struggling with a problem for a while now.
Right now I have an N router that hosts a wireless network than can just barely be seen in the window of a neighboring building under 1/4 miles away.
I have two WRT54GLs laying around and I would like to bring internet to this second building.
I looked into cantenna's and they seem simple enough, but the parts will cost about as much as cheap antenna's and I am sure the omni directional antennas will just be far easier to use as they will be usable for both long distance and short distance communication.
My main concern right now is figuring out what dBi/antenna power I need.
One issue is that routers do not seem to advertise their stock antenna dBi to start with, so I have no idea how powerful the one I am using is, or how powerful the WTR54GL's is. Another is that an N signal makes it that far, but I am unsure how much difference I would expect from a G network as no one seemed to have ever tested these protocols in an empty field or at least never released this information.
TL;DR:
I need advice on what antennas to use to make a make two WRT54GL reach across 1/4 miles in LoS to eachother.