Networking problem

Teki187 · 30 Oct 2008 at 12:58

Hey guys, i want to connect to a friend who lives just under/over 300m's away and slapping a cable along the floor isnt the answer, so whats the best way for us to connect to each other to allow gaming between the 2 and file sharing?

Thanks.

Gaz1988 · 30 Oct 2008 at 13:14

thats quite an awkward distance! you could always set up a vpn between the 2 machines? have a read up about them.

howler · 30 Oct 2008 at 13:26

do you have line of sight without loads of stuff in the way?

Teki187 · 30 Oct 2008 at 13:44

howler said:
do you have line of sight without loads of stuff in the way?

Well funny you should say that.

A while ago, i used to house a 30 person wireless broadband service from my loft before BT came to the area and he was a customer. I didn't setup the service, just housed the equipment due to the location of my house.

I still have this huge pole with an antenna on that connected to a Linksys wireless access point.

Banzai_Joe · 30 Oct 2008 at 13:51

surely 300m is still pushing it even with an antenna on top.
VPN may be your best bet.

Teki187 · 30 Oct 2008 at 13:53

k.Jacko said:
surely 300m is still pushing it even with an antenna on top.
VPN may be your best bet.

Well its a big omni thing, it used to receive broadband from over 4 miles away.

Banzai_Joe · 30 Oct 2008 at 13:55

Teki187 said:
Well its a big omni thing, it used to receive broadband from over 4 miles away.

JTFC!!!!!

Do S.E.T.I. know about it?

Teki187 · 30 Oct 2008 at 13:57

k.Jacko said:
JTFC!!!!!

Do S.E.T.I. know about it?

lol its huge, but its not like a dish shape, its just like a pole around 3-5cm thick attached to a scaffolding pole.

bigredshark · 30 Oct 2008 at 14:19

k.Jacko said:
surely 300m is still pushing it even with an antenna on top.
VPN may be your best bet.

Directional is good for a mile or more. Unidirectional should still be fine for 500m or so depending on the power obviously.

I can only comment on the Cisco wireless kit they design specially for this sort of thing, it works pretty well these days, a lot better than it used to be but tend to use it as a backup link only. Obviously it's very expensive so you'll likely be doing this with home kit.