With all the obstacles, you may want to consider powerline networking with multiple APs.
It's not cheap at $50 per adapter plus the cost of an AP, but it will let you avoid the issues of running cables since there is already powerlines. Works great for me. HTH! On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 8:39 AM, Lumumba, Juma (ILRI-ICRAF) < j.lumu...@cgiar.org> wrote: > > Hi All, > > We need to extend a wireless LAN to the guest houses in a campus > environment. The last wired point is fiber to one side of the hostels. > From the switch where the fiber is terminated, an ethernet cable has > been extended to an Access point which covers a only a limited number of > rooms partly because the room partitioning is solid walls. > > We need to extend the Wireless LAN to another block of rooms which is > not feasible to run ethernet cable from where the fiber terminates > because of distance. We use Linksys APs. If we are to explore bridging, > any idea of a product that will work well across stone/solid wall > partitions or if an outdoor AP device, which brand/model has good > coverage and also through the stone partitions? > > Thanks, > > Lumumba. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
