Wireless N questions

[ali_g]

I used to think i knew my stuff about wireless, but when it comes to some things i'm abit foggy. (I hope i can explain this well)

A house 3 doors away is my fiance's brothers house, and he's soon to be getting a wireless N router, so hopefully i can connect, once i have, is there a product or something that then turns that wireless signal to Wired? so, a router that connects wirelessly and then lets all the CAT5 cabled devices use that pipe?

[Kets]

(01-14-2011 11:52 AM)ali_g Wrote:  I used to think i knew my stuff about wireless, but when it comes to some things i'm abit foggy. (I hope i can explain this well)

A house 3 doors away is my fiance's brothers house, and he's soon to be getting a wireless N router, so hopefully i can connect, once i have, is there a product or something that then turns that wireless signal to Wired? so, a router that connects wirelessly and then lets all the CAT5 cabled devices use that pipe?

all depends on what equipment u both have...u need to look into bridges and/or access points....

alternatively....if u both have a router and just want to join networks....then use something like OpenVPN......create a virtual private network

[elootos]

(01-14-2011 11:52 AM)ali_g Wrote:  I used to think i knew my stuff about wireless, but when it comes to some things i'm abit foggy. (I hope i can explain this well)

A house 3 doors away is my fiance's brothers house, and he's soon to be getting a wireless N router, so hopefully i can connect, once i have, is there a product or something that then turns that wireless signal to Wired? so, a router that connects wirelessly and then lets all the CAT5 cabled devices use that pipe?

Yeah, I use a D-Link DWL-2100AP wireless access point at work... No dang it, wrong way around!!!

Sorry, wireless to wired. Let me think. Ah, I also use to use a Belkin wireless repeater (not n spec though) a couple of years ago also but found it wasn't quite so reliable as I'd hoped, hence the running of a new cable to a new wireless access point.

Can't recall the model but it was about £30.

[ali_g]

(01-14-2011 12:23 PM)Kets Wrote:  

(01-14-2011 11:52 AM)ali_g Wrote:  I used to think i knew my stuff about wireless, but when it comes to some things i'm abit foggy. (I hope i can explain this well)

A house 3 doors away is my fiance's brothers house, and he's soon to be getting a wireless N router, so hopefully i can connect, once i have, is there a product or something that then turns that wireless signal to Wired? so, a router that connects wirelessly and then lets all the CAT5 cabled devices use that pipe?

all depends on what equipment u both have...u need to look into bridges and/or access points....

alternatively....if u both have a router and just want to join networks....then use something like OpenVPN......create a virtual private network

That's sounds like it should work, do you have any experience of it working correctly?

[Kets]

(01-14-2011 05:32 PM)ali_g Wrote:  

(01-14-2011 12:23 PM)Kets Wrote:  

(01-14-2011 11:52 AM)ali_g Wrote:  I used to think i knew my stuff about wireless, but when it comes to some things i'm abit foggy. (I hope i can explain this well)

A house 3 doors away is my fiance's brothers house, and he's soon to be getting a wireless N router, so hopefully i can connect, once i have, is there a product or something that then turns that wireless signal to Wired? so, a router that connects wirelessly and then lets all the CAT5 cabled devices use that pipe?

all depends on what equipment u both have...u need to look into bridges and/or access points....

alternatively....if u both have a router and just want to join networks....then use something like OpenVPN......create a virtual private network

That's sounds like it should work, do you have any experience of it working correctly?

which bit ?...vpn using OpenVPN ? yes I have a work laptop and when workin from home I use that with OpenVPN over my broadband to connect to work networks. Himachi is based on OpenVPN and supposed to be easier to setup for non-techie people. This VPN solution assumes you both have broadband installed.

[PhilH]

What is the outcome you want? There seem to be 2 reasons why you would want to do this -
a) you want to share a broadband connection and access each other's files;
b) you each have your own broadband connection and want to access each other's files.
If you want to do a) then you need a wireless bridge between your two wired networks. This article may be helpful: http://www.ehow.com/how_2091726_bridge-w...uters.html and you may be able to do it with your existing routers if you get some decent antenna. What you are doing here is creating one big network across both houses (at least, that's how you appear to the outside world).

If you want to do b) then you are connecting two separate networks together - follw Kets' advice and do a VPN.

[northan]

From what I understand it sounds like philh has answered exactly what you want to do. Good article
I think it depends on how far your future bro in law is willing to go to let you get his broadband. He might draw the line if you ask to change his antenna on his router.
Also it depends on the wireless router you friend gets because if you try to bridge to the router with something that's not matching his router speed you could end up dragging down his network speed. Wireless N claims "real world" speeds of 130-160Mbps, with a listed maximum of 300Mbps. This is reliant on the router transmitting in full 802.11n mode, which is impossible when an 802.11g device is also connected to the network.

Are you not able to get broadband in your house?

[ali_g]

(01-19-2011 08:27 PM)northan Wrote:  Are you not able to get broadband in your house?

No i can't.... without paying

Although now i have puchased an N wireless card with an external aireal and i can pick up the network on the end of my row of houses, and i often babysit for them, i may have to have a sneaky peak at their wireless code