Hi All,
I have a friend that owns a small business and he wants to have internet access in three different buildings: two metal office type buildings and his house. I'm looking for suggestions on setting this up.
The distances aren't great (maybe 100 ft separates each building), but there isn't line of sight connectivity between the two metal office buildings. The internet connection comes into the center office building. There is a router there. I am thinking of connecting this router to an access point and then connecting an outside high gain (like the Hawking 15db omni-directional) antenna to the access point.
Then, in the other office, there is a router as well. I am thinking of connecting a bridge to this router and another external antenna. I don't know which antenna to use here as there is no line of site.
The house simply has one computer, but I'm thinking of installing another external antenna, bridge, and router here as well. In addition, I'm debating about getting signal boosters (like the Hawking model) for each of the 3 Access Points/Bridges.
Can anyone give me suggestions on what would be the best solution that is also cost effective? Does this arrangement sound like it would work? I'm worried about the non-line of site between the two metal office buildings...the signal will have to pass through (or around) the corner of the building even with the external antennas. I'm currently looking at Hawking products, but notice some generic companies are offering mega-outdoor antennas for a much lower cost. Would these be better? What type of antenna would be best? Is this overkill?
I'm eagerly awaiting opinions!
Thanks,
Robert
I have a friend that owns a small business and he wants to have internet access in three different buildings: two metal office type buildings and his house. I'm looking for suggestions on setting this up.
The distances aren't great (maybe 100 ft separates each building), but there isn't line of sight connectivity between the two metal office buildings. The internet connection comes into the center office building. There is a router there. I am thinking of connecting this router to an access point and then connecting an outside high gain (like the Hawking 15db omni-directional) antenna to the access point.
Then, in the other office, there is a router as well. I am thinking of connecting a bridge to this router and another external antenna. I don't know which antenna to use here as there is no line of site.
The house simply has one computer, but I'm thinking of installing another external antenna, bridge, and router here as well. In addition, I'm debating about getting signal boosters (like the Hawking model) for each of the 3 Access Points/Bridges.
Can anyone give me suggestions on what would be the best solution that is also cost effective? Does this arrangement sound like it would work? I'm worried about the non-line of site between the two metal office buildings...the signal will have to pass through (or around) the corner of the building even with the external antennas. I'm currently looking at Hawking products, but notice some generic companies are offering mega-outdoor antennas for a much lower cost. Would these be better? What type of antenna would be best? Is this overkill?
I'm eagerly awaiting opinions!
Thanks,
Robert