hey guys, i am fustrated right now because im on posting this from my computer at work. at home, i have no internet anymore... heres the story:
My dad has always wanted to buy a big house on a huge parcel of land (not that he wants that much land, he just knows it would be a good investment). so, after buisness has been picking up extremely well for us in the past couple years (real estate in CA... enough said...) he decided just to do so. all grown up now on my own, he offered to rent out a small house to me that was on his land. i thought it would be a great idea, i mean, come on... its my parents... they arent gonna charge me THAT much for rent anyway. so i agreed and i know he has a wireless network going through his house. because the AP is located in the office next to all the rooms, they have been able to get internet access in every room even though the house is around 6,000 sq ft, so i knew they must have good top notch wireless equipment to extend the ~40ft through several walls (yet how he has highspeed service in the middle of nowhere sure beyond me). so i thought, maybe i can just catch his wirless signal from his house. WRONG, the house he rents to me is on the complete opposite side of the damn parcel! i mean, we are talking almost a quarter of a mile away (through lots of trees not to mention). i havent had time to research this, but i was thinking maybe buying a long range 802.11 antenna (i hope i dont need any like commercial grade crap though...) to be able to pick up his wireless network from my house. hes stubborn and wont let me attach anything to his house, so putting an antenna on his house is out of the question, but he says he doesnt care if i use his wireless network connection as long as i dont add anything to his house... so do you guys have any suggestions to what i should do or what i should buy for that kind of range??? please tell me im not SOL or will have to end up paying hundreds of dollars... thanks.
-Max-
My dad has always wanted to buy a big house on a huge parcel of land (not that he wants that much land, he just knows it would be a good investment). so, after buisness has been picking up extremely well for us in the past couple years (real estate in CA... enough said...) he decided just to do so. all grown up now on my own, he offered to rent out a small house to me that was on his land. i thought it would be a great idea, i mean, come on... its my parents... they arent gonna charge me THAT much for rent anyway. so i agreed and i know he has a wireless network going through his house. because the AP is located in the office next to all the rooms, they have been able to get internet access in every room even though the house is around 6,000 sq ft, so i knew they must have good top notch wireless equipment to extend the ~40ft through several walls (yet how he has highspeed service in the middle of nowhere sure beyond me). so i thought, maybe i can just catch his wirless signal from his house. WRONG, the house he rents to me is on the complete opposite side of the damn parcel! i mean, we are talking almost a quarter of a mile away (through lots of trees not to mention). i havent had time to research this, but i was thinking maybe buying a long range 802.11 antenna (i hope i dont need any like commercial grade crap though...) to be able to pick up his wireless network from my house. hes stubborn and wont let me attach anything to his house, so putting an antenna on his house is out of the question, but he says he doesnt care if i use his wireless network connection as long as i dont add anything to his house... so do you guys have any suggestions to what i should do or what i should buy for that kind of range??? please tell me im not SOL or will have to end up paying hundreds of dollars... thanks.
-Max-