[Shop-talk] Wifi to the garage

[David Scheidt]

On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 7:24 PM, David Scheidt <dmscheidt at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Jim Stone <jandkstone99 at msn.com> wrote:
>> Thanks Richard. B My garage computer is my daughter's old college laptop
(maybe
>> 6 years old) with built in wi-fi too, but I recently bought an external
>> receiver hopping it would solve the problem, so I can definitely put one
on
>> each antenna. B I will give it a try and report back.
>
> For less than a hundred bucks, you can buy a commercial, weatherproof
> solution. B Something like the engenious enh200 (I've used a slightly
> older model, which would also work, and be cheaper.) would do just
> fine. B It's powered over ethernet, so all you need to do is run one
> cat 5 cable to it, point it at your shop, and call it a day. B couple
> km of range, depending. B (Two, carefully aimed, will do a couple
> miles, more if you've got optical line of sight.)
>

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833168083

is the device I mentioned.  There are others.

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David Scheidt
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