[P1] Networking Across the Street

[Brian]

Is your neighbor using Airport base station or another type.

I did a little research and you can use a ABS as a relay station with 
another airport but I don't know if it works with non Apple base 
stations.

Go to apple support and look up "Wireless Distribution Systems" in the 
knowledge base



On Jun 9, 2004, at 2:10 PM, Dave Wyman wrote:

> Thanks all for some good ideas on how to connect my network to my 
> neighbor's wireless network (she generously offered to let me share 
> her wireless network for no charge).
>
> The various suggestions included using a used satellite dish antenna, 
> which looked good, but seems a bit impractical, as I'm not sure my 
> neighbor would appreciate having the dish on her roof. Still, it got 
> me pointed in the right direction. The build-it-yourself cantenna is 
> another good idea. But I wasn't clear if I should attach it to my 
> network or my neighbors network (there was a third suggestion to put 
> an antenna on my neighbor's base station, which is possible but again 
> perhaps impractical). I liked the idea of the wireless ethernet 
> adapter, which I had to study up on, as the concept again wasn't clear 
> to me.
>
> Synthesizing the above ideas, here's what I've decided to try:
>
> 1) Purchase a wireless ethernet adapter, like the Lynksys WET11.
>
> 2) Stick the ethernet adaptor in the window of my office (o.k., it's 
> the kitchen "dinette" ) and aim it toward the neighbor's home, across 
> the street.
>
> 3) Attach one end of an ethernet cable to the ethernet adaptor.
>
> 4)  Attach the other end of an ethernet cable to my AirPort base 
> station, which will then transmit the wireless signal from my 
> neighbor's home to the iBooks in my home.
>
> The ethernet adaptor (also known as a bridge) should be far better 
> able to pick up my neighbor's signal than the antenna in my iBook. But 
> if it can't, I'm going to purchase a commercial cantenna ($19) and 
> attach it to the ethernet adaptor (or maybe build my own, although I'm 
> not that handy with electronic gear.)
>
> Obviously I have too much time on my hands, but this started when 
> Comcast stopped letting me attach two or more computers at one time to 
> their cable modem, which I had been doing for more than a year. 
> Comcast wants me to plunk down another $6 a month for that privilege, 
> then adds that Apple computers aren't supported.  Hence my purchase of 
> a base station for our iBooks.
>
> There is one other solution, via software. IPNetRouterX (for OS X) can 
> be used to network computers, just using the software and an ethernet 
> hub, without an ISP knowing about it. But you can't go wireless. For 
> now, IPNetRouterX is a free beta program, and it would have saved me 
> some bucks (but I wouldn't have the fun of working on a wireless 
> network).
>
> So again, thanks for the suggestions, which I think have led me in the 
> right direction. If I attempt this, I'll report the results. Frankly, 
> I'd love to see our entire block networked!
>
> Dave
>
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