dyna Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Ok, so my brother just moved into the house next door. I have a usb wifi adapter that i want to use to make a unidirectional antenna, a computer that i will be using as a server, and a router. My question is, is there a way that i can create a USB unidirectional antenna that connects to the server, then bridge the connection to the LAN NIC, which would output to the router so that i can share the connection? ~dyna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 It would probably be easier to give him a router your computer connects to then bridge the two network adapters on your computer. Make sure you turn off DHCP on the router you give him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyna Posted May 25, 2008 Author Share Posted May 25, 2008 well the distance between the two houses causes the signal between them to be weak. Thats why im making a unidirectional antenna. BUt is it possible at all to bridge USB wifi adapters to ethernet nics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 of course, it would be silly for them not to. tbh, your probably better getting a WRT54G installing ddWRT and using that instead of having a computer on all the time in your house. Many advantages including: less power consumption better signal strength (APs wifi adapters alway seem to be some what stronger then wifi adapters for computers) better flexability Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burkjt Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Ethernet does run up to 100 meters. I usto share internet with my neighbor via a buried cat 5 cable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakey Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 my old isp had like 100+ cat 5 cable running in there office building so yer just back up on how far ethernet can go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyna Posted May 27, 2008 Author Share Posted May 27, 2008 yeah, i installed dd-wrt and boosted my transmit power, but no luck. I get better signal but not anough distance for the other house. I have another router that i will try to bridge at the other house so that it will repeat, but i have doubts that the signal will even make it that far. I don't want to run cable either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 vpn? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 next next door as in next to each other, or next door as in down the street? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakey Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 i'd say he lives in the country or something cause i can go to my mates house and use there wireless next door and thats with a standard telstra wireless modem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyna Posted May 27, 2008 Author Share Posted May 27, 2008 update, So i put DD-WRT on both of my routers and boosted the range. i also made a parabolic antenna for them and now i can connect at both houses. I set up a WDS so that the routers can communicate. My issue now is that only the wireless computers will connect to the internet. does the WDS only effect wireless or should i switch to a wireless bridge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 On the router in the other house you would need to bridge the wireless and the wired networks. That is assuming that it is the router in your house that is connecting to the one in the other house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyna Posted May 28, 2008 Author Share Posted May 28, 2008 its good. I finally got it working at both houses, Wireless and Ethernet. I never knew that the windsurfer antennas would be so helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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