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I've read lots on this site, but don't have any tech understanding! so most of this is over my head! And I'm bewildered by the sheer number of models. I think I finally grasp that the latest ones seem to be n (our wireless cards are b/g, but seems we can get an adaptor).
Living in the countryside on STEEP mountain side. I have a 2meg internet connection and currently a linksys wrt54g wireless router. its generally quite unreliable and often slow.
What I need:
to be able to plug 2 laptops in with cable connection to work - both me and my wife work from home. Her usage is heavier - graphic design, but I have skype meetings often.
Also now need to connect via wireless 80 metres (250feet) up the hill (past 5 or 6 large trees to the front room in house (walls brick 30cm or 1foot thick) and caravan 10 metres (30feet) behind it - not completely behind as land is so steep caravan is actually at roof level! The drop from top to bottom is about 30 metres (100feet). Ideally as fast as our connection will allow!
The router is in a temporary canvas structure (so little interference from that), and can't move from there for many reasons.
with the linkysys wrt54g the signal reaches the house but is highly unreliable and slow.
Before reading the reviews on small net builder I had almost decided on a D-Link Dir-825 or 855 - but that put me off! I read what seemed like endless other reviews on smallnetbuilder, and I'm now thinking of netgear WNDR3700 or ASUS RT-N13U for their performance over distance. But really I'm spearing fish in the dark.
Somewhere I read a directional antenna might help, but my 2 shortlisted models have internal antennas.
Living in the countryside on STEEP mountain side. I have a 2meg internet connection and currently a linksys wrt54g wireless router. its generally quite unreliable and often slow.
What I need:
to be able to plug 2 laptops in with cable connection to work - both me and my wife work from home. Her usage is heavier - graphic design, but I have skype meetings often.
Also now need to connect via wireless 80 metres (250feet) up the hill (past 5 or 6 large trees to the front room in house (walls brick 30cm or 1foot thick) and caravan 10 metres (30feet) behind it - not completely behind as land is so steep caravan is actually at roof level! The drop from top to bottom is about 30 metres (100feet). Ideally as fast as our connection will allow!
The router is in a temporary canvas structure (so little interference from that), and can't move from there for many reasons.
with the linkysys wrt54g the signal reaches the house but is highly unreliable and slow.
Before reading the reviews on small net builder I had almost decided on a D-Link Dir-825 or 855 - but that put me off! I read what seemed like endless other reviews on smallnetbuilder, and I'm now thinking of netgear WNDR3700 or ASUS RT-N13U for their performance over distance. But really I'm spearing fish in the dark.
Somewhere I read a directional antenna might help, but my 2 shortlisted models have internal antennas.
