Repeater help

Right now our living situation has us living in a 37foot camper and i need alittle help.. My father in-law lives about 200feet with some trees between us and with one of them linksys Wireless G USB cards i can get one bar of signal (Very low) from his wireless router in his house if i have it hanging in a window facing the house but its always losing signal and i was wondering if i can use this to boost the signal to the camper. Would i place it in the camper or where? somewhere in between? Would it work for what i need?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...3320025&cm_re=repeater-_-33-320-025-_-Product

 

Anyone? Can't be hard to answer.

 

A repeater need a good signal to repeat.

So in order to work it has to be put somewhere in the middle of the way where it can get a good signal, and repeat it further toward you.

You need a Wireless router that can work as a Repeater and a 110VAC Power jack to plug it in.

Otherwise, your other choice it to buy two good Wireless Routers with good directional Antennae, put one in the house's Window that is facing your camper, connected with wire to the source Network, the second Router put in your camper's Window. Then Bridge the two.

http://www.ezlan.net/bridging.html
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I have a wireless router i think a Linksys wireless N that i can set up in our camper.

So i would need to hook that repeater to my wireless router and have it about halfway between the home and camper? Or the repeater in the middle somewhere.

 

Alternative suggestion. Get 200' of 1/2" PVC pipe, and enough Cat5 to make a run. Dig a 4 to 6" trench, assemble PVC, run Cat5, bury pipe and enjoy wired speed. :cool

 

Yea but would the signal not degrade over that long of a cable?

 

Max length of a single run of Cat5 should be 100M. That is 328 feet.

 

Collins got it there. :-D If you do it like that, you can even drive over it, won't hurt it. Well, a car, maybe not a large truck or something. Plus, the more routers and switches you add, will slow down your speed.

 

I just want to be able to connect to the wireless network for longer than a min without it losing signal.