Wireless woes

I have to confess I’ve been putting this off since I predict it’s going to be quiet the headache... but I know it will be easier if I ask around for advice and what better place to do it then here.

To cut a long story short with little past experience I need to set up one internet connection (preferably also with wireless) across 2 buildings. They currently have this which they was told by PC World would cover the 40 metre Distance... they obviously forgot to account for walls knocking down the distance >.>.

The connection is used by 1 PC always connected by Ethernet, 2 laptops only sometimes connected 1 of which is used as the admin PC and the rest accessing by wireless (at most 4 computers use the connection at once). Personally I think the connection needs some kind of signal booster kit, but I don't have the past knowledge to know for sure, does something just need to be added to the existing connection or do I have to pretty much start over to set this thing up?

Thanks in advance

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Can you get a clear line of sight between buildings? If so, you can make yourself a directional high-gain Cantenna.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

wow I take it no-one has really tried this then? In that case would it be better to connect some access point in the 2nd house to the original modem then have a wire going from one house to the other?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I wouldn't want to make a habit of double posting, but it makes more sense to me then making a whole new thread for this imo. Someone hooked me up with this as a solution to the problem Linksys Wireless-G Range Expander and as much as they had good intentions I can't remember the last time I've used such an annoying piece of hardware!

Searching on the net for more information hasn't exactly aided my confidence in it's quality either link

Quote:

The product team at Linksys has managed to take a brilliant product concept and turn it into a frustrating customer experience and a support nightmare. This is not a simple mistake. This is the work of inspired dunderheads! The Linksys Wireless-G Range Expander - WRE54G should have been a slam-dunk success, but a group of designers and marketing execs managed to make this product one of the worst new product releases since the Jugo.

From what I've managed to discover that article was for version 1 and I have version 3, the only time it seems to connect with the wireless modem is if I give it the exact same settings (in particular the SSID name) but then this confuses both the computer trying to connect to it and myself, because it then has what it thinks is 2 identical connections to choose from.

I'm not sure if I can fix this or if anyone here will know if I'm completely wasting my time on this thing, but I just thought I'd share as a heads up for anyone else trying something similar

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