Help with Wireless Router

[Depeche]

Everyone

I have a friend who is looking to wirelessly connect his Garage Office and his Home computer - 150 ft +/- distance. We cannot use wired ... to difficult to run wire over/under ground due to site issues.

Anyway, what wireless router brand and model are you guys using and have you had any luck with signal strength at the 150 ft +/- distances. Considering walls and such.

Can I get that with Wireless "G" or do you think I should look into "N". I am concerned about all the hype and bad reviews of "N" but any comments are welcomed.

I currently use Netgear "G" at my house with no problems at 60 ft but not at 150 ft +/- distance.

I see that some "G" has range extended hardware built in but woould "N" be better since the hype says "N" has better range.


Thanks in advance

Depeche

[Viglen]

Try a Wireless G router with SRX ALOT further range (Up to 3X farther than Wireless G)

http://www.amazon.com/Linksys-WRT54GX-Wireless-G-Broadband-Router/dp/B0006ZM4XK

[wardlemjw]

If the garage and house are on the same wiring circuit he could try a homeplug system - it send the internet connection down the mains.

I have this at home (as my wireless was a bit patchy on the top floor) and it works brilliantly (I wasnt expecting much) - I only use wireless for my laptop now, the desktop is permanently on homeplug (which is what I play PR etc on)

rgds

[Depeche]

Thanks guys I will look into those two options.

I think he is on two separate power main tho ... but worth a check.

[Sadist_Cain]

I only have experiance in selling these things but afaik N does give a boosted signal though it dosn't like to work as easliy as G standard and it probably couldnt make it through the walls anyway.

I know for a fact netgear do a "smart" antenna Router which is G standard, Im sure other companies would do them too and this would be my best suggestion.
They have 7 802.11G antennas instead of one, So when 1 antenna detects either radio interferance orrr it's starting to lose signal strength another antenna comes along to help it out :P

[Masaq]

I had a Pre-N network ion my old house, and while I wasn't running it over 150ft, it was running over about 50 ft and three stories in a house that was largely of very solid construction - all brick, no partition walls.


More important than the pre-N was the MIMO I think - intelligent use of multiple antennae to find the best "path" for signals through the building.