Two different buildings, one broadband

brendanr583

Hi,
I am an accountant in the county so not near any big towns or cities, i recently had a small office constructed 20 feet away from my house so I didnt have to work out of the house and so we could have an extra room. The problem now though is that the internet must be in the office, but the signal is not strong enough to reach the house. Both buildings run of the same phone line. A small signal can be picked up but is incredibly slow. I have enquired about a repeater but i was told the signal would be too weak when it reached the repeater that the broadband would still not be efficient. I have trialed a mobile broadband but as i am not near a big town reception is poor. I have tried googling with no luck.
Any help is very much appreciated by me and my boys who are dieing to get their xbox live up again

bhickey

brendanr583 wrote: »

The problem now though is that the internet must be in the office, but the signal is not strong enough to reach the house. Both buildings run of the same phone line. A small signal can be picked up but is incredibly slow. I have enquired about a repeater but i was told the signal would be too weak when it reached the repeater that the broadband would still not be efficient

Depending on how the mains power is wired, you might be able to use power line adapters like the ones here to connect the 2 buildings. You'd put on near the broadband router and the other next to whatever else needs an Internet connectio.

If that isn't an option then you can probably setup a wireless link, the complexity and cost of which will depend on distances, building layout, coverage requirements and the number of devices that need to be connected. It should be doable though given that the distance between buildings is only 20 feet

Is your broadband connected in the office or in the house and what make/model of wireless router do you have? Also have you actually measured the wireless signal strength in whichever areas you need coverage? Use something like inSSIDer on a laptop to measure the signal strength in the required areas.

jor el

brendanr583 wrote: »

i recently had a small office constructed 20 feet away from my house

Run an Ethernet cable out to it. Cheap and simple.

BuzzFish

jor el wrote: »

Run an Ethernet cable out to it. Cheap and simple.

I'd also recommend this but if its not an option for whatever reason I've used a pair of these to connect 2 buildings 100 meters apart and maintained a full 54mb link (without rebooting either device) for the last 9 months.... and they are set to their lowest power setting!

http://wirelessconnect.eu/product/ubiquiti-nanostation2

Big Lar

BuzzFish wrote: »

I'd also recommend this but if its not an option for whatever reason I've used a pair of these to connect 2 buildings 100 meters apart and maintained a full 54mb link (without rebooting either device) for the last 9 months.... and they are set to their lowest power setting!

http://wirelessconnect.eu/product/ubiquiti-nanostation2

+1 on that Buzzfish, seeing as the distance is small and with you being an accountant an all you will be pleased to know that the Nanostation Loco M2 is a bit cheaper and twill do the exact same job

You want to setup a wireless bridge like this fella here http://www.ubnt.com/forum/showthread.php?t=43370

brendanr583

Thanks for all replies.
The ethernet cable is not really an option as there is a tarmac driveway running between the buildings. The power adapters seem like a very reasonable option. I have attempted to set up a bridge and failed due to problems with the routers.
I have a friend coming over tomorrow to attempt to set up a bridge. Should that fail i think the powerline adapters would be the best option.
If im wrong feel free ta tell me what would be the better options :P